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PRESENT-DAY interest in the radiolysis of aliphatic alcohols has been centred on the identification of the precursors of hydrogen. In the case of methanol and ethanol, investigations of pulse radiolysis1,2 have led to the identification of the solvated electron in agreement with kinetic–mechanistic deductions3–5. Furthermore, scavenger studies3–5 have shown the existence of a second reactive precursor, identified as the hydrogen atom.
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BASSON, R., VAN DER LINDE, H. Yields and Rate Constants of the Precursors of Hydrogen in the Radiolysis of n-Propanol. Nature 210, 943–944 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210943a0
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