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Radical formation in D- and L-alanines was studied using ESR after internal3H-β-irradiation under the situation in which the contribution of Bremsstrahlung to form the radicals is assumed to be considerably less than the case of9 0Y-β-irradiation. It was demonstrated that the relative radical concentration by the β-rays was distinguishably higher in D-alanine than in L-alanine. Thus the asymmetry found in these experiments in the radical formation of the alanines may be attributed to the different interaction between the polarized electrons and the two enantiomers.
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Akaboshi, M., Noda, M., Kawai, K. et al. Asymmetrical radical formation in D- and L-alanines irradiated with tritium-β-rays. Origins Life Evol Biosphere 12, 395–399 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927072
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