Abstract
Radicals and radical ions formed on γ-radiolysis of aromatic carboxylic acids containing a thioether group in the polycrystalline state at 77 K and on subsequent warming over the temperature range of 95–293 K were identified using the electron spin resonance technique. In all carboxylic acids studied, monomeric sulfur radical cations (X-S + -Y-COOH) and radical anions formed by an addition of an electron to the carboxyl group (X-S-Y-COOH) − were detected at 95 K. On further warming over the 150–293 K range various S-centered radicals (XS ) and C-centered radicals were observed. The results are discussed in terms of the following competitive reaction pathways: fragmentation, decarboxylation, and deprotonation of the parental monomeric sulfur radical cations. Carbon dioxide was identified and quantified ( G = 0.2 – 3.5 ) in all carboxylic acids exposed to γ-radiation.
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