ABSTRACT
The reduction of aryl halides is known [21] to afford a frangible anion radical ArX-:--, which yields a CT-aryl radical by cleaving off the halide ion in Eq. (49).
(49) Although these CT-aryl radicals are prone to undergo a facile reduction at the electrode [Eq. (50)] or in solution as in Eq. (51), one may think of the possibility of impeding these normal pathways to favor their radical dimerization [Eqs. (48), (49), and (53)].
