Studies of Spin-Trapped Radicals in γ-Irradiated Aqueous Solutions of Thymidine-5′-Monophosphate and Cytidine-5′-Monophosphate by Liquid Chromatography and ESR Spectroscopy

Abstract
Aqueous solutions of TMP and CMP were .gamma.-irradiated with 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane as a spin-trapping reagent. Liquid chromatography was applied to separate the stable spin-trapped radicals in the irradiated solutions. The eluate was passed through flow cells of ESR and UV detectors and collected by a fraction collector. The amount of residual sugar in each fraction was determined by the phenol-H2SO4 method. From the combined results of the ESR, UV and sugar determinations, the structures of most of the trapped radicals were identified. The short-lived radicals which were trapped by 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane were radicals on N-1, C-5 and N-3 positions of the base in the TMP and C-5 and C-6 base radicals in the CMP.

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