
%0 Journal Article
%A McAskill, NA 
%A Sangster, DF 
%T A Pulse Radiolysis Study of the Reaction of the Sulfate Radical Ion in Aqueous Solutions of Styrene
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1979/12/01
%V 32
%N 12
%P 2611-2615
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9792611
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9792611 
%X The ultraviolet absorption spectra of the transient species formed during the pulse radiolysis of styrene and peroxydisulfate (S2O82)solutions showed that a benzyl-type radical was formed from styrene and the SO4- radical. The effect of adding Cl- was also studied. These results are in conflict with the claim1 that a phenylethyl radical was formed from SO4-' via the styrene cation radical. That study was made on acetonitrile solutions of styrene, S2O82-, CuCl2 and LiCl and the present results suggest that up to 70% of the SO4-' radicals may have been converted into Cl2-1 radical which then reacted with styrene. 
