Electron Magnetic Resonance of X-Irradiated Potassium Hydrogen Maleate
X irradiation of a single crystal of potassium hydrogen maleate HOOCCH = CHCOOK was found to produce a free radical in which the unpaired electron interacts with only two protons. The electron magnetic resonance of this radical, shown to be OOCCH = CHCOO-, indicates that it is oriented in the host crystal in the same way as the parent hydrogen maleate ion. The principal values of the proton hyperfine tensors of the radical are; -19.0, -28.4, and -8.0 Mc. The rather small principal values and their directions indicate that the unpaired electron in the radical is in a p pi orbital delocalized over the whole radical, including the carboxyl groupa. The directions of the principal values are in agreement with the cis-structure of the parent molecule. The utilization of emr spectra in differentiating between cis- and trans-structures of radicals is briefly discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-008158
- OSTI ID:
- 4752949
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 84, Issue 23; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63; ISSN 0002-7863
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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