Figure 1. Variation of NI4 coupling constant with various metal ionsto the reversible addition of one electron to form the anion radical, is only vary slightly shifted toward more anodic potentials. However, the second peak is shifted markedly to more anodic potentials by, say, lithium ion. These results are completely analogous to those recently given by Peover and Davies (3) for the reduction of quinones in DMF and by Holleck and Becher for nitro compounds (2).These effects are important because, in reporting coupling constants of radical ions generated electrolytically, it will now be necessary to include the supporting electrolyte if this is other than a tetraalkyl salt. The almost complete lack of U N dependence on tetraethylammonium perchlorate concentration (Figure 1) shows that the original choice of tetraalkyl ammonium salts as supporting electrolytes in electrolytic generation of radical anions by Geske and Maki was indeed a judicious one (1). Bowever, as a consequence of the metal ion effects on coupling constants, one is able to study metal ion-radical ion interactions via the EPR method which gives additional information on the physical picture of the interaction. these studies will be given soon.