“…Had the ESR spectrum for semidithione been more highly resolved, observed splitting constants of a^ = (3.01 G)(0.55) = 1.7 G and a^ = (2.08 G)(0.55) = 1.1 G would have been expected for the exo and bridgehead hydrogens, respectively. The ratio a^(20)/a^(l) is larger for than for the exo H 1/2 1/2 2 and bridgehead hydrogens, a is a function of [(p ) + (p_ ) ] , /a ^2 1^3where the sum is used when, for the HOMO, the coefficients of the atomic orbitals at C2 and Cg are of like sign and the difference is used when the coefficients are of opposite sign(2). Because this relationship is not a linear one with respect to p, different a^ ratios are observed for H^^ and or…”