List of Abbreviations and Symbols
A -- frequency factor
AA -- allyl alcohol
abs. -- absorption
abstr. -- abstraction
ABTS -- 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate ion)
Ac -- acetyl
acac -- acetylacetonato (2,4-pentanedionato)
addn. -- addition
Ala -- alanine
alk. -- alkaline
An -- anthracene
anal. -- analysis
AQ -- 9,10-anthraquinone
Arg -- arginine
Asn -- asparagine
Asp -- aspartic acid
bpy -- 2,2'-bipyridine
4,4'-bpy -- 4,4'-bipyridine
BuOH -- butanol
tert-BuOH -- tert-butyl alcohol (2-methyl-2-propanol)
BzO– -- benzoate ion
BzOH -- benzoic acid
calcd. -- calculated
CDTA -- cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid
chem. -- chemical
c.k. -- competition kinetics
CMC -- critical micelle concentration
concn. -- concentration
condy. -- conductivity
contg. -- containing
cor. -- corrected
CTAB -- hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide
CTAC -- hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride
Cys -- cysteine
Cyt -- cystine
DABCO -- 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane
DCIP -- dichloroindophenol
detd. -- determined
DHU -- dihydrouracil
dien -- diethylenetriamine
d.k. -- decay kinetics
DMPO -- 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline 1-oxyl
DMSO -- dimethyl sulfoxide
epsilon -- extinction coefficient (molar absorptivity)
Ea -- activation energy
e.d. -- electric discharge
EDTA -- ethylenediaminetetraacetate
elec. -- electrolysis, electrochemical method
en -- ethylenediamine
e-r. -- electron radiolysis
esr -- electron spin resonance
estd. -- estimated
Et -- ethyl
EtOH -- ethanol
Fc -- ferrocene
formn. -- formation
f.p. -- flash photolysis
gamma-r. -- gamma radiolysis
G -- radiation yield (molecules per 100 eV)
Gln -- glutamine
Glu -- glutamic acid
GlucOC6H5 -- phenyl-beta–D-glucopyranoside
Gly -- glycine
DeltaHd.dagger -- activation enthalpy
His -- histidine
Hyp -- hydroxyproline
3-HX -- 3-hexene-1,6-dioate ion
I -- ionic strength
IDA -- iminodiacetate ion
Ile -- isoleucine
Im -- imidazole
In -- indole
irradn. -- irradiation
isn -- isonicotinamide
J -- joules (4.184 J = 1 cal)
K -- equilibrium constant
k -- rate constant
L -- ligand
Leu -- leucine
Lys -- lysine
Me -- methyl
MeOH -- methanol
Met -- methionine
5-MeU -- thymine
N -- newton (133 N m–2 = 1 torr)
na -- nicotinamide
NAD -- nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NB -- nitrobenzene
NBT -- Nitro Blue Tetrazolium
Nor -- norvaline
Np -- naphthalene
NQ -- 1,4-naphthoquinone
NTA -- nitrilotriacetate
obs. -- observed
o.d. -- optical density
opt. -- optical
Orn -- ornithine
ox -- oxalato
PA– -- phenylacetate ion
p.b.k. -- product buildup kinetics
Ph -- phenyl
Phe -- phenylalanine
phen -- 1,10-phenanthroline
PhH -- benzene
PhOH -- phenol
phot. -- photolysis
pKa -- negative logarithm of the acid dissociation constant, e.g., where AH + H2O <=> A– + H3O+
PNBA– -- p-nitrobenzoate ion
PNBPA -- p-nitrobenzoato(pentaammine)cobalt(III) ion
p.r. -- pulse radiolysis
Pro -- proline
PrOH -- propanol
pts -- 3,10,17,24-tetrasulfophthalocyanine
py -- pyridine
Q -- 1,4-benzoquinone
redn. -- reduction
rel. -- relative
RNO -- N,N-dimethyl-p-nitrosoaniline
DeltaSd.dagger -- activation entropy
Sar -- sarcosine
satd. -- saturated
SDS -- sodium dodecylsulfate
soln. -- solution
soly. -- solubility
son. -- sonolysis
tetraen -- tetraethyldiethylenetriamine
Thr -- threonine
TMpyP -- tetramethylpyridylporphine
TPP -- tetraphenylporphine
TPPS -- tetraphenylporphinesulfonate
TrpH -- tryptophan
TyrOH -- tyrosine
U -- uracil
Val -- valine