Tritiate organic compounds via irradiation? -Reply

[Eric Trump <TRUMPERI@esumail.emporia.edu>]

I think you would have problems with getting the tritium in the right
positions.If you want molecules selectively labelled with tritium at certain
locations,it would be better to use chemical methods(i.e. hydrogenation,
tritide reducing agents, highly tritiated water,etc).  The National Tritium
Labelling Facility at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a user
facility set up to do tritiations either with tritium gas or with various
tritiated reagents.  Their URL is 
http://www.lbl.gov/LBL-Programs/NTLF
The phone number is 510-486-7336