Radical cation

Radical cations are denoted . Salts of these species have been isolated in the cases of dibenzocyclooctatetraene, various tertiary amines, and some polymethylated derivatives of azulene.[1] Radical cations, like radical anions, have one unpaired electron, i.e. they are paramagnetic.

  1. ^ Smith, Michael B.; March, Jerry (2007), Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (6th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, p. 283, ISBN 978-0-471-72091-1
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