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Structural changes on citronellol induced by gamma radiation
Author(s) -
RodríguezLinares Diana,
CodorniuHernández Edelsys,
AguileraCorrales Yuri,
RapadoPaneque Manuel,
QuertAlvarez Rolando,
Ferro Noel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of physical organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1395
pISSN - 0894-3230
DOI - 10.1002/poc.1521
Subject(s) - citronellol , citronellal , chemistry , radiolysis , irradiation , gamma irradiation , radiation , gamma ray , computational chemistry , radiochemistry , organic chemistry , nuclear physics , chromatography , geraniol , catalysis , physics , aqueous solution , essential oil
Structural changes in pure citronellol after exposure to different doses of gamma radiation were elucidated by spectroscopic techniques and molecular modelling methods. The citronellol samples were irradiated in an MPX‐ γ 30 installation ( 60 Co, E = 1.25 MeV), absorbing in a dose range from 1.45 to 10.02 kGy. Citronellal and hydroxycitronellal compounds were detected in the irradiated samples. Some mechanisms of radiolytic transformations for citronellol were proposed and modelled at semiempirical quantum chemical level. These results provide the basis for the possible development of new synthetic pathways for close structurally related compounds, based on the use of gamma irradiation. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.