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Radiation chemistry of nitrogen and sulfur heterocyclics

Journal Article · · Radiat. Res., v. 56, no. 1, pp. 71-82
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/3573792· OSTI ID:4425192

The gamma radiolysis of nitrogen and sulfur heterocyclics having one or more nitrogen or sulfur atoms in five- and six-membered rings was studied. G values are given for the major gaseous products identified by gas chromatography for the radiolyses of pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, 1,2,4-triazole, tetrazoic, pyrazine, pyrimidine 1,3,5-triazine, benzotriazole, thiazole, isothiazole, and thiophene. The principal gaseous product formed during the gamma -radiation of five- and six-membered nitrogen heterocyclics was hydrogen except that compounds having two adjacent nitrogen atoms in the ring produced large amounts of nitrogen and other gaseous products. When the N atoms are separated by carbon atoms, no nitrogen gas is produced and the G values for gas production are very low. Thiophene has greater stability to radiation than pyrrole as far as gas production is concerned. However, the introduction of a second heteroatom (nitrogen in the case of thiazole and isothiazole) in the five-membered ring containing sulfur (thiophene) does not change the radiosensitivity of the molecule. The nature of the free radicals formed by the irradiation of tetrazole at low doses (1 x 10/sup 18/ eV/g) was studied by ESR. Radical species of at least two types are produced. (auth)

Research Organization:
Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-29-000158
OSTI ID:
4425192
Journal Information:
Radiat. Res., v. 56, no. 1, pp. 71-82, Journal Name: Radiat. Res., v. 56, no. 1, pp. 71-82; ISSN RAREA
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English