Recombination products from the radiolysis of tricaproin

A low molecular weight triglyceride, tricaproin, has been selected to study the higher molecular weight products produced by irradiation. In a previous publication the identification of the primary radiolytic products in tricaproin was reported. In the present work, 28 compounds considered to have been produced by the combination of free radicals have been identified. Among these are hydrocarbons, ketones, esters, alkanediol diesters and glyceryl ether diesters. Reaction mechanisms for the production of these compounds are discussed.