Unstable intermediates. Part LXXI. Electron spin resonance spectra of γ-irradiated trimethyl phosphate
Abstract
γ-Radiolysis of frozen trimethyl phosphate at 77°K, gave methyl and H2COP(O)(OMe)2 radicals. The methyl radical was lost at ca. 120°K, and the e.s.r. spectrum of the more stable radical at this temperature was characteristic of a system in which the α-hydrogen atoms were rapidly reorienting.