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IN an earlier communication1 we reported that 3,4-benzpyrene (I), an agent known to cause cancer and one of the components of tobacco smoke condensate, when heated to about 200° C gives rise to free radicals, which give well resolved electron spin resonance spectra. This communication describes further work on these free radicals.
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FORBES, W., ROBINSON, J. Possible Formation of an Azulene-type Radical obtained on Heating 3,4-Benzpyrene. Nature 217, 550–551 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217550a0
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