The properties and the reactivity of the radical anions of 4-cyanophenyl alkyl ethers and naphthyl alkyl ethers have been determined by electrochemical methods. Under electrochemical conditions homolytic dissociation is the only observed process. Cyclic voltammetry studies lead to the conclusion that this process is a stepwise one, the initially produced radical anion cleaving by a slow first order reaction followed by a second ...
