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Upon injection of spin-polarized positive muons into cycloheptatriene three radicals have been observed by transverse field μSR. The temperature dependence of the relaxation rates have been interpreted in terms of a rapid inversion process. The Arrhenius parameters have been determined and an isotope effect with respect to the barrier height of the inversion has been found.
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Heming, M., Roduner, E. Ring inversion kinetics of radicals derived from Mu addition to cycloheptatriene. Hyperfine Interact 32, 747–752 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02394980
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