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  • Title: Free radicals in pyrimidines:single crystals of dihydro-6-methyl uracil irradiated and observed at 77 K.
    Author: Bergene R.
    Journal: Int J Radiat Biol Relat Stud Phys Chem Med; 1977 Jan; 31(1):17-34. PubMed ID: 191419.
    Abstract:
    Electron-spin-resonance measurements have been made on single crystals of dihydro-6-methyl uracil, which were irradiated by 4-0 MeV electrons at 77 K. At low temperature, four radicals have been identified. Two, the C5 and C6 hydrogen abstraction radicals, were also studied in a previous work. On exposure of U.V., the C6 abstraction radical was found to convert into the C5 abstraction radical. Annealing at room temperature reversed the process. The other radicals identified are that formed after H-atom addition to O4, and that formed after H-atom abstractions from N1, C5, and C6. The latter was not present in deuterated crystals. Both radicals were found to be unstable at intermediate temperatures. Thermoluminescence glow-curves were found to correlate to the formation and the decay of these radicals. Semi-empirical INDO MO-calculations have been performed for identification purposes.
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