Abstract
The reaction between thymine glycol and hydrated electron was studied by the flash photolysis technique with a time resolution of 10 μsec. Hydrated electron was formed from ferrocyanide ion in the aqueous solution of thymine glycol. Though its lifetime was shorter than the time resolution of measurements, the rate constant was estimated to be>-2.6 × 109 M-1 sec-1 at 19°C from the yield of hydrated electron as a function of the concentration of thymine glycol present. The high rate constant explains the results from a conventional scavenger method.
