Carbonium ions from free radicals, ionization potentials

The amount of energy required to remove an electron from a molecule or atom is called the ionization potential. (It is really the ionization energy.) The ionization potential of a free radical is, by definition, the A// for the conversion of the radical into a carbonium ion ... 

Bond dissociation energies have already shown (Sec. 3.24) that the amount of energy required to form free radicals from alkanes decreases in the same order CH3 > r > 2° > 3°. If we combine these two sets of data—ionization potentials and bond dissociation energies—we see (Fig. 5.9) that, relative to the various alkanes concerned, the order of stability of carbonium ions is ... 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ , , ]

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