Reduction of adenine dihydrochloride by ionizing radiation
- 15 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 64 (4) , 1593-1595
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.432386
Abstract
The reduction product produced by ionizing radiation in single crystals of adenine dihydrochloride x irradiated at 4.2 °K was studied by ESR–ENDOR spectroscopy. Addition of an electron to the protonated base yields a free radical with a spin density of approximately 0.30 on the C‐8 carbon atom. The spin density was inferred from ENDOR measurements of the hyperfine coupling of the C8–H proton.Keywords
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