title: Comment on "Does the hydrated electron occupy a cavity?".
abstract: Larsen et al. (Reports, 2 July 2010, p. 65) suggest that, contrary to the established paradigm, the aqueous electron does not carve out and occupy a cavity in liquid water. Closer examination of their theoretical model, however, reveals that many of its predictions differ substantively from established benchmarks and that its behavior differs qualitatively from Hartree-Fock theory, upon which the model is based.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Leif D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Herbert