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Muon spectroscopy applied to biological systems: a study of thiyl radicals, RS
C J Rhodes1, C S Hinds, H Morris
1School of Pharmacy and Chemistry, Liverpool John Moores University.
Free Radical Research
|January 7, 1998
Abstract:
Thiyl radicals (RS.) are formed when positive muons (mu+) are implanted into solutions of thiocarbonyl compounds (C = S) in ethanol, tetrahydrofuran or formamide solvents. A solvent dependence is found, which reflects changing electronic interactions and overall conformations, suggesting that the properties of RS. radicals may be dependent on the polarity (philicity) of the environment in which they are formed.