Electron paramagnetic resonance of gamma-irradiated single crystals of 3-nitroacetanilide

The electron paramagnetic resonance of single crystals of 3-nitroacetanilide has been observed and analyzed for different orientations of the crystal in the magnetic field, after being damaged at 300 K by gamma-irradiation. The crystals have been investigated between 123 and 300 K. The spectra were found to be temperature independent. The irradiation of 3-nitroacetanilide by gamma-rays produces radicals at the nitrogen atoms in the molecule. The principal values of the hyperfine coupling tensor of the unpaired electron and the principal values of the g-tensor were determined. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.