Spin densities in hydrocarbon ions with degenerate ground states

Abstract

In dealing theoretically with the effects of vibronic interactions in substituted benzene mononegative radical-ions it is useful to know the spin density distributions in the degenerate ground level of unsubstituted benzene anions. A configuration interaction theory is developed for hydrocarbon anions with degenerate ground states and applied to the benzene anion problem. The results show negative spin densities on atoms having zero spin density in the Hückel approximation.