Electron spin resonance studies of γ-irradiated single crystals of aromatic compounds. Part II. Results for diphenylacetic acid and general problems of interpretation

Abstract

The radical trapped in diphenylacetic acid is identified as diphenylmethyl, and the spectral data are compared with those previously obtained for this radical in diphenylmethane. Some of the problems encountered in attempts to interpret the spectra of irradiated crystals of aromatic compounds are discussed, and possible ways of circumventing them are suggested.