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MOST of the better known radical anions and dianions have in common the fact that their precursors possess low-lying vacant molecular orbitals. It is deduced that compounds in which atoms are suitably disposed to afford the maximum overlap of vacant orbitals should constitute suitable electron acceptors so that a stable reduced species might be obtained.
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MITTAL, J., LIBBY, W. Intramolecular Electrostatic Electron Traps. Nature 220, 1027–1028 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2201027a0
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