Doublet splitting in hydrocarbon ions due to spin-orbit interaction arising from electron circulation around the ring has been calculated using a free electron model.
Content may be subject to copyright.This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publ... ...This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in [Free?Electron Model and Doublet Splitting in Aromatic Hydrocarbon Ions. The Journal of Chemical Physics 41, 5 p1453-1454 (1964)] and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1726089.