[Localization of unpaired electrons in molecules of the substrate inhibitors of lysozyme. II. Oligosaccharides].

It has been shown by the method of electron photosensitized transfer that N-acetyl group is the main electron-acceptor group in oligomeres of N-acetyl glucose amine (AGA). In n-AGA molecules (n-3.5) interacting with an electron radical products of the breakage of glycoside bond are observed, their concentration rising with an increase of the chain length. The ionic strength does not affect the photosensitized transfer of the electron in chitin oligomeres. Formation of paramagnetic centres in the molecule penta-AGA depends on the medium pH.