“…3,4 The observed 3 changes in color can easily be explained by allowed and forbidden electronic transitions in monomeric radicals, which are present in the system in a considerable amount. For instance, the singlet quinoid structure of Chichibabin's hydrocarbon is characterized by a deep blue color in solution and by two intense absorption bands at 570and 310nm (c = 105 and 1.4-104 L tool cm -1, respecti,,ely) in the electronic spectnJm, t3 It was reasonable to assume that even more intense absorption bands in the electronic spectrum, shifted toward the tong-wavelength region, and a deeper color should correspond to the more developed singlet quinoid structure of molecule 1, if it exists.…”