Second-order measured specific rates, k/sub m/, for the reaction of solvated electrons, e/sub s/, with solvated silver ions, Ag/sup +/, in C1-C10 n-alkanols at room temperature (approx. 298 K) are reported. These rates vary from 23.4 x 10/sup 9/ M/sup -1/ s/sup -1/ in Cl (methanol) to 0.8 x 10/sup 9/ M/sup -1/ s/sup -1/ in C10 (decanol) and are strongly dependent on the solvent structure reflected in its dielectric constant. The k/sub m/ values vary approximately as the inverse viscosity, eta/sup -1/, in the diffusion-controlled limit, exactly as predicted by the Debye-Smoluchowski equation. The results (k/sub DS/ values) calculated by assuming a normal anion like behavior for e/sub s/ and using the Debye-Smoluchowski formalism are (in general) greater than k/sub m/ values. These differences in the calculated k/sub DS/ and measured k/sub m/ are rationalized in terms of an effective distance formalism.