Gk. Glushonok et al., STRUCTURE AND CONVERSIONS OF RADICALS OF THE HYDRATED FORM OF GLYCOLIC ALDEHYDE IN INDIRECT RADIOLYSIS OF ITS AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS, High energy chemistry, 27(2), 1993, pp. 95-99
A quantum chemical calculation (MNDO) of the structure of the molecule
and radicals of the hydrated form of glycolic aldehyde was performed.
The structures of the radicals formed by cleavage of C-H bonds in the
molecule at the C1 and C2 positions are compared. It was shown that t
he radical at C1 is responsible for the formation of acetic acid - the
end product of radiolysis of an aqueous solution of glycolic aldehyde
.