Radiation Damage in Carnidazole: a Single Crystal EPR Study

Authors

  • Théo Berclaz
  • Gérald Bernardinelli
  • Michel Geoffroy
  • Natarajan Rajalakshmi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.1992.130

Abstract

Single crystals of hydrated and anhydrous carnidazole have been subjected to X-irradiation at 77 K and studied by EPR. The determination of the EPR tensors shows that NO2, sulfur-centered radicals as well as a radical pair can be generated from this molecule; it appears that the species trapped at 77 K are not the same in the hydrated and in the anhydrous crystal. The results are discussed in the context of the radiosensitizing action of molecules containing a 5-nitroimidazole moiety.

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Published

1992-04-29

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 4 (1992): Organic Chemistry

Section

Forschung

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Copyright (c) 1992 Swiss Chemical Society

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How to Cite

[1]
T. Berclaz, G. Bernardinelli, M. Geoffroy, N. Rajalakshmi, Chimia 1992, 46, 130, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.1992.130.