Static distortion of 2 E g cyclohexne cation redicals giving the 2 A g state with C2h symmetry and their dynamic processes in low-temperature solids: matrix effects

Abstract

E.s.r. evidence has been obtained showing that the jahn –Teller active radical cation of cyclo-C6H12 exhibits static distortion to the 2Ag ground state with C2h symmetry in low-temperature solids regardless of the matrix used; non-isotropic perturbation by the matrix results in a nonequivalent dynamic process in the Jahn–Teller potential surface which has three minima.