THYMINE HYDRATE FORMED BY ULTRAVIOLET AND GAMMA IRRADIATION OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Abstract— Evidence is presented for the formation of a thymine hydrate upon ultraviolet (UV) or gamma irradiation of aqueous solutions. The UV quantum efficiency exhibits a dependence on pH similar to that shown for uracil hydration, but the yield is three orders of magnitude smaller than for uracil. Hydration is not affected by wavelength, oxygen, or concentration of thymine. The reversal rate of the photohydrate to thymine is similar to the reversal rates of both isomers of the thymine hydrate formed by γ radiolysis, and depends on pH in the same way as the rate for the uracil photohydrate. The photohydrate of thymine is chromatographically identical to the cis isomer of 6-hydroxy-5, 6-dihydrothymine.     

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The ν2 fundamental band of H2CO

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