Electron-transfer induced valence isomerization of 1,2-distyrylbenzene

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)92324-4

Upon electron transfer 1,2-distyrylbenzene 2 undergoes a valence isomerization giving rise to an indane derivative. This process is controlled by the ion-pair structures of the anionic intermediates and differs from the photochemically induced rearrangeme