Conductivity studies, organic radical ions, like

Studies of distonic ion radicals have been performed in recent years with an emphasis on theoretical approaches. From the experimental point of view, the presence of ionic moieties makes free radicals, which would not normally be investigated by mass spectrometry, amenable to detection in the gas phase. A lot of experiments were carried out to prove their existence and to observe their behavior in mass spectrometers see reviews (Kenttaemaa 1994 Hammerum 1988) and, for example, one recent experimental work (Polce Wesdemiotis 1996). At the next stage, syntheses of distonic ion radical organic salts stable under common conditions will likely be developed. These salts would be used to create magnetic, conductive, and other materials of practical use. In a chemical sense, the especial strength of distonic organic ion radicals is that they can, in principle, enter reactions of the ionic type at the charged center and reactions of the radical type at the radical center. 

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