On the Radical Species produced by the Reaction of L-Ascorbic Acid and It's Analogs with Hydrazine and It's Derivatives

Abstract

L-Ascorbic acid and its analogs were found to react with hydrazine and substituted hydrazines in an aerobic, alkaline aqueous solution to give rise to some stable radical inter-mediates. The ESR parameters of the radical species were determined, and a possible radical structure common to all the reactions concerned was presented.