Absence of abnormal carbon-14 isotope effect in the alkaline degradation of NN-dimethyl-o-toluidine [14C]methiodide
Abstract
Degradation of NN-dimethyl-o-toluidine [14C]methiodide with 5N-aqueous potassium hydroxide at 120° exhibited a 14C-isotope effect in the usual range (1 < k12/k14 < 1·15). An abnormal 14C-isotope effect, therefore, seems not to be responsible for the radiochemical observations reported by former workers.