ESR STUDY OF STEREOSPECIFIC PROTON TRANSFER IN IRRADIATED CRYSTALS OF L-ALANINE

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MIYAGAWA, I
TAMURA, N
COOK, JW
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[1] Department of Physics, University of Alabama, University, AL
[2] Takasaki Research Establishment, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Takasaki, Gunma-ken
[3] Department of Physics, Clemson University, Clemson
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10.1063/1.1672542
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Crystals of L-alanine irradiated at 80°K were studied with ESR technique. It was found that the proton transfer, which had originally been proposed by Sinclair and Hanna, was stereospecific: The produced species was found to be organic equations and no evidence for its chemically equivalent species organic equations was detected. This stereospecific proton transfer was interpreted on the basis of a quantum-tunneling model, which was found to account for the observed result satisfactorily. A new sample cavity was developed. This cavity has a device which enables one to orient an irradiated crystal to any desired direction, even at 80°K.
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