Atomic orbitals , nuclear magnetic

If the unpaired electron is stabilized by resonance or is in a molecular orbital extending over the whole molecule, it must sometimes be detectable elsewhere than on the central carbon atom. The radical in which the central carbon atom is the isotope of mass 13 has been prepared. Whereas carbon 12 has a zero nuclear magnetic spin moment, carbon 13 has a nuclear pin of 0.5 and a magnetic moment of 0.7021 nuclear magnetons. The nuclear magnetic spin moment in an external field gives rise to a nuclear magnetic resonance absorption line, in much the same way as does the unpaired electron. If the unpaired electron... 

The above type of bonding is assumed to occur in other metal-olefin and metal-acetylene complexes (172). Acetylenes have two mutually perpendicular sets of ir-orbitals and are therefore capable of being bonded to one or to two metal atoms both types of complexes are known. When the hydrocarbon is a nonconjugated polyolefin e.g., cyclo-octa-1,5-diene, each C C bond interacts independently with the metal atom. In complexes of conjugated polyolefins, e.g., cyclopentadiene, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance studies (99) indicate that it is not yet possible to distinguish between structure (IV), in which each C C bond independently contributes two --electrons to the metal-olefin bonding, and structure (V), in which... 

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