Chemically Induced Dynamic Electron Polarisation

Chemically induced dynamic electron polarisation (CIDER) [6, 32], a related phenomenon to CIDNP is the non-Boltzmann distribution of electron spin states. This section will examine how electron polarisation arises from the 5 — To and S T mixing mechanisms (assuming 7(r) 0) and show how these polarisations can be readily understood within the framework of quantum mechanics. 

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Optical detection of intermediates produced in the reactions of triplet carbonyl compounds with electron donors has some obvious limitations. However, the technique of CIDNP is proving particularly effective at elucidating the reaction pathways in these systems. The outstanding work of Hendriks et al. (1979) illustrates the power of the technique. Not only was the role of radical ions in the reactions of alkyl aryl ketones with aromatic amines defined but the rate constants for many of the processes determined. The technique has been used to show that trifluoracetyl benzene reacts with electron donors such as 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane and 1,4-dimethoxy-benzene by an electron-transfer process (Thomas et al., 1977 Schilling et al., 1977). Chemically induced dynamic electron polarisation (CIDEP) has been... 

The photochemical cleavage of naphthylmethyl alkanoates in methanol is reported to proceed by homolytic cleavage to naphthylmethyl radical and acyloxy radical,the latter decarboxylates in competition with electron transfer to give naphthylmethyl cation and carboxylate anion. Using known rates of electron transfer as a clock the rate constants for decarboxylation of the acyloxy radicals has been estimated.The light induced homolysis of 1-chloromethyl-naphthalene has also been studied using chemically induced dynamic electron polarisation (CIDEP) spectroscopy to detect the naphthyl-... 

The fundamental processes involved in the physical formation of a radiation track and in its subsequent evolution by diffusion and reaction are stochastic in nature. Every track is unique and even identical tracks may evolve differently. Thus most recent simulation methods [5-8] are stochastic in these senses (i.e. for the underlying track and for the diffusion and reaction of the reactive particles that can take place). Unfortunately, these methods ignore the spin-dynamics because of the complexity it introduces. As most radicals in radiation chemistry are paramagnetic species, there is a possibility of spin-controlled reactions and other spin effects such as quantum beats [9], chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarisation (CIDNP) [10-13] and chemically induced dynamic electron polarisation (CIDEP) [11, 12], which would... 

Since the heroic early mechanistic investigations, there have been two developments of major significance in radical chemistry. The first was the advent of electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy (and the associated technique of chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarisation, CIDNP) [24], which provided structural as well as kinetic information the second is the more recent development of a wide range of synthetically useful radical reactions [20]. Another recent development, the combination of the pulse radiolysis and laser-flash photolysis techniques, is enormously powerful for the study of radicals but beyond the scope of this book. 

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