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UV photoelectron studies of biological pyrimidines: the valence electronic structure of methyl substituted uracils

1976; Elsevier BV; Volume: 41; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0009-2614(76)80810-x

ISSN

1873-4448

Autores

A. Padva, Timothy J. O’Donnell, Pierre Lebreton,

Tópico(s)

Nonlinear Optical Materials Research

Resumo

UV photoelectron spectroscopy and INDO molecular orbital calculations have been employed to investigate the electronic structure of several methyl substituted uracils. The results indicate that the ionization potential of uracils is most sensitive to perturbation at the 1 and 5 positions. Substitution occurs in both of these positions in biological systems. It is also found that the large (0.4 eV) differences in the ionization potential of uracil and thymine is conserved in the nucleoside models 1-methyluracil and 1-methylthymine.

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