Anthracenide radical anions were formed by the reaction of anthracene with potassium or sodium in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and in dimethoxyethane (DME). The rate of reaction of the radical anion with a series of alcohols and with water was followed spectrophotometrically by using a scanning stopped-flow apparatus. The reactions of K+An • -in both solvents and of Na+An• -in THF were essentially second order in (M+An•-) and of variable (0-1) order in the proton donor. The reactions of Na+An •-with ethanol and with water in DME were

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