Abstract
Muonium-substituted organic free radicals are observed by muon spin rotation when positive muons are stopped in liquid unsaturated compounds. From muon precession frequencies in high external magnetic fields the isotropic muon-electron hyperfine coupling constants are determined. They lead to radical structure assignments. Results of a variety of projects are described which show thatμSR can successfully complement conventional physical methods of free radical chemistry: A study of the temperature dependence of the coupling constants of isotopically substituted ethyl radicals yields information on structure and barriers to internal rotation. Rate constants for several radical reactions are extracted from the damping of theμSR signals, in particular for unimolecular rearrangements and cis-trans-isomerizations. The theory for the analysis for the case of reversible site exchange is outlined.
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