Interaction with polar neutral molecules can cause a-distonic radical cations and conventional molecular ions t o interconvert in the gas phase, in spite of substantial energy barriers for the unassisted isomerization; the interconversion is particularly facile when the proton affinity of the neutral molecule is close t o that of the deprotonated radical cation.
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