Abstract
Intramolecular hydrogen bonding has a significant effect on the radiolytic transformations of β- diketones. Using the radiolysis of acetylacetone as an example, it has been shown that a hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl and carbonyl in an enol prevents proton transfer from the primary radical cation to the neighboring molecule. As a result, the radiolytic formation of a keto alcohol (4-hydroxy-2-pentanone) was not observed at room temperature, but it was effective under boiling conditions. The intramolecular hydrogenbond contributed to a significant structural stress in the radical cation, which increased the yield of C–OH bond cleavage and the inhomogeneous formation of acetate (4-oxopent-2-en-2-yl acetate) under normal conditions
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