Primary Radical Cations in Irradiated Ethylene Carbonate

An Updated View of Primary Ionization Processes in Polar Liquids

“…In this structure, the spin density is predominantly localized on two carbonyl groups (Figures and S6). It is this structure that was considered in ref ; its magnetic resonance characteristics are consistent with the experimental data. Structure 2 •+ is an associate of EC •+ and an EC molecule.…”

“…Its lifetime is at least approximately several tens of nanoseconds. Using EC as an example, a recent quantum-chemical study showed that the observed RC can be a symmetric radical-cationic dimer, (EC) 2 •+ , in which two particles face each other through carbonyl groups. It was also shown that the presence of the third molecule does not affect the structure of the dimer.…”