title: Interaction of a hydrated electron with anthracenethiosemicarbazone: a pulse radiolysis study.
abstract: The thiosemicarbazide derivative of anthracene, ATSC, has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV-visible, (1)H NMR, fluorescence, and mass spectroscopy experiments. The interaction of hydrated electron (e(-)aq) with ATSC proceeds via radical anion formation followed by intramolecular transfer that cleaves the thiosemicarbazide side chain on the anthracene moiety. HPLC and ESI-MS experiments suggested that the anthrylmethyl radical combines with different ATSC fragments during the reaction. ATSC, its one-electron reduction products, and dimers were analyzed combining experiments with density functional theory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and §National Centre for Free Radical Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Pune , Pune-411007, India.
authors.forename: Anup N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kate
authors.forename: Anupa A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kumbhar
authors.forename: Avinash V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sapre
authors.forename: Swarada R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Peerannawar
authors.forename: Shridhar P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Gejji