The generation of N-centered radicals (aminium and aminyl radicals) by photoionization and by pulse-radiolytic one-electron oxidation of N-phenylglycine (1), or by laser flash photolysis or reductive dechlorination of (Nchloro,N-phenyl)glycine (2) has been studied in order to model photodamage to amino acids and proteins, as well as degradation of nitrogen-containing drinking-water pollutants. The aminium radical . (H-N-phenyl)glycine (1 . ), a gdistonic radical zwitterion, was found as a product of photoionization (F PI (1) 0.34, 0.22, 0.30, and 0.01 at 193, 248, 266, and 308 nm) or chemical one-elec-tron oxidation of 1. The aminyl radical . (N-phenyl)glycine (1(N À H) . ), a g-distonic radical anion, is a product of reductive dehalogenation of 2, or of Nchloro photohomolysis, for which the upper limits of F NCl (2) at 193, 248, 266, or 308 nm excitation are 0.61, 0.43, 0.60, and 0.38, or of deprotonation of 1 . (pK a (1 . ) 7.35 AE 0.15). The reduction potential E8(1 . /1) at pH%6 is 0.89 AE 0.02 V versus a normal hydrogen electrode (NHE). The quantum yields of 193, 248, 266, or 308 nm photoionization of 2 are F PI (2) 0.29, 0.10, 0.08, and 0.01. For 1, an additional process leading to 1 . and H . takes place that is identified in terms of water-assisted ionization for which the quantum yields F WA (1) at 193, 248, 266, or 308 nm are 0.37, 0.26, 0.50, and 0.01, respectively. A full thermodynamic description of the system is given, including the different possible acid ± base forms, their redox potentials, and bond dissociation energies.Keywords: amino acids´laser chemistry´photoionizationŕ adical ions´radiochemistryŕ edox chemistry [b] Dr.