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EVIDENCE1 is available to indicate that in the reduction of some aromatic molecules at the dropping mercury electrode one electron is added on to the neutral molecule.
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LYONS, L. Electron Affinities of Some Aromatic Molecules. Nature 166, 193 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166193a0
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