Journal of the American Chemical Society

. gamma.-Radiation-oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: involvement of singlet oxygen

RL Clough

Index: Clough, Roger L. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1980 , vol. 102, # 16 p. 5242 - 5245

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Abstract

Abstract: Oxidation of organic compounds in the presence of high-energy radiation is generally understood in terms of organic free-radical mechanisms. We investigated the chemistry of certain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in oxygenated solutions submitted to y- radiation from a cobalt-60 source in an effort to identifity and study other pathways in radiation oxidation. Products obtained could be explained either through singlet oxygen ( ...