Issue 21, 2007
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Chemical Communications

Ultrafast IR spectroscopy of the short-lived transients formed by UV excitation of cytosine derivatives†

Susan Quinn,*a   Gerard W. Doorley,a   Graeme W. Watson,a   Alexander J. Cowan,b   Michael W. George,b   Anthony W. Parker,*c   Kate L. Ronayne,c   Michael Towriec  and  John M. Kelly*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Centre for Chemical Synthesis and Chemical Biology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
E-mail: jmkelly@tcd.ie, quinnsu@tcd.ie
Fax: 0035316712826
Tel: 0035318961947

b School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK

c Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
E-mail: A.W.Parker@rl.ac.uk

Abstract

A strong infrared band at 1574 cm–1 is observed following 267 nm excitation of 2′-deoxycytidine (τ = 37 ± 4 ps) or 2′-deoxycytidine 5′-monophosphate (τ = 33 ± 4 ps); this band is provisionally attributed to an 1nNπ* state and is absent for cytosine.

Graphical abstract: Ultrafast IR spectroscopy of the short-lived transients formed by UV excitation of cytosine derivatives

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B703344C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Mar 2007
Accepted
24 Apr 2007
First published
03 May 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 2130-2132

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Ultrafast IR spectroscopy of the short-lived transients formed by UV excitation of cytosine derivatives

S. Quinn, G. W. Doorley, G. W. Watson, A. J. Cowan, M. W. George, A. W. Parker, K. L. Ronayne, M. Towrie and J. M. Kelly, Chem. Commun., 2007, 2130 DOI: 10.1039/B703344C

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