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Organic Hydroxy-Hydroperoxides: a Class of Hydroperoxides formed under the Influence of Ionizing Radiations

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IN continuation of our previous work on nucleic acids and related compounds1, it has now been found that many substances, when irradiated with, for example, γ-rays, X-rays, in aqueous solution in the presence of oxygen, are capable of forming hydroxy-hydroperoxy compounds, many of which were previously unknown.

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SCHOLES, G., WEISS, J. Organic Hydroxy-Hydroperoxides: a Class of Hydroperoxides formed under the Influence of Ionizing Radiations. Nature 185, 305–306 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185305a0

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