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Structure of the methyl radical |
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| Authors: | T Cole HO Pritchard NR Davidson HM McConnell |
| Institution: | Gates and Crellin Laboratories of Chemistry , California Institute of Technology , Pasadena 4, California |
| Abstract: | Carbon-13 hyperfine splittings equal to 41±3 gauss have been observed in the paramagnetic resonance of a mixture of C12H3 and C13H3 radicals produced by x-irradiation of CH3I at 77°k. The observed splitting provides strong evidence that CH3 is a planar molecule. |
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