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Triphenyl methyl radicals readily dimerise, but not to the expected hexaphenyl ethane which is to sterically strained. The correct structure of the dimer was a great mystery for many years.
(C6H5)3C•
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Radical Coupling

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