ESR and spin trapping study of. gamma. -irradiated aqueous hydantoin solutions. Keto-enol equilibrium and post-radiolysis growth
An air-saturated aqueous hydantion soluton was ..gamma..-irradiated in the presence of the spin trap 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane(MNP). The ESR spectrum of the spin adduct produced from hydantoin was assigned to the structure NH-C(=O)-NH-C(=O)-CH-N(O)-/sup t/Bu (I). When the pH was raised from 9.7 to 12.5, it was found that the structure of the spin adduct changes to N=C(O/sup -/)-N=C(OH)-CH-N(O)-/sup t/Bu and that this change is reversible. This spectral change was investigated as a function of pH, and the pK value for the equilibrium was found to be about 11.5. The post-radiolysis growth of the ESR signal was observed for the spin adduct I and di-t-butyl nitroxide, which is produced in the same solution, and was markedly pH dependent. The mechanism for this growth is the same as that previously found in a photolysis study of aqueous MNP solutions.
- Research Organization:
- National Inst. of Health, Bethesda, MD
- OSTI ID:
- 5433740
- Journal Information:
- Radiat. Res.; (United States), Vol. 95:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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