Formation of long-lived radicals in radiolysis of oxygen-containing organofluorine compounds

Conclusions In the radiolysis of organofluorine compounds containing a phenoxyl substituent, we have observed the formation of radicals, long-lived in the liquid, in the course of gamma irradiation at 77 K. From an analysis of the EPR spectra of the long-lived radicals, it has been shown that the radiolysis forms two types of long-lived radicals: cyclodienyl and alkoxyl. The lifetimes of these radicals depend on the structure of the compound from which they are obtained by radiolysis.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1255–1260, June, 1988.The authors wish to express their appreciation to L. M. Buchachenko for assistance in this work.