Picosecond transient infrared study of the ultrafast deactivation processes of electronically excited B-DNA and Z-DNA forms of [poly(dG-dC)]2

Gerard W. Doorley; David A. McGovern; Michael W. George; Michael Towrie; Anthony W. Parker; John M. Kelly; Susan J. Quinn

doi:10.1002/anie.200803904

Picosecond transient infrared study of the ultrafast deactivation processes of electronically excited B-DNA and Z-DNA forms of [poly(dG-dC)]₂

Gerard W. Doorley, David A. McGovern, Michael W. George, Michael Towrie, Anthony W. Parker, John M. Kelly, Susan J. Quinn

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Abstract

(Graph Presented) Very fast: UV excitation of the right-handed B form or the left-handed Z form of [poly(dG-dC)]₂ results in transient IR absorption bands that remain long after the ¹ππ* state is predicted to have decayed (see picture). A biexponential decay is observed for B-DNA, which is assigned to the vibrationally excited ground state and the ¹n_Nπ* state. The decay of Z-DNA is dominated by single-exponential decay, which is assigned to an exciplex state.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	123-127
Number of pages	5
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200803904
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

DNA
IR spectroscopy
Nucleotides
Time-resolved spectroscopy
Ultrafast processes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Catalysis
General Chemistry

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