| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp054158nS1089-5639(05)04158-7 |
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| Author | Search for: Zgierski, Marek1; Search for: Patchkovskii, Serguei1; Search for: Fujiwara, T.; Search for: Lim, E. |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Abstract | The ultrafast radiationless decay of photoexcited uracil and cytosine has been investigated by ab initio quantum chemical methods based on CIS and CR-EOM-CCSD(T) electronic energy calculations at optimized CIS geometries. The calculated potential energy profiles indicate that the S1 S0 internal conversion of the pyrimidine bases occurs through a barrierless state switch from the initially excited 1* state to the out-of-plane deformed excited state of biradical character, which intersects the ground state at a lower energy. This three-state nonradiative decay mechanism predicts that replacement of the C5 hydrogen by fluorine introduces an energy barrier for the initial state switch, whereas replacement of the C6 hydrogen by fluorine does not. These predictions are borne out by the very different fluorescence yields of 5-fluorinated bases relative to the corresponding 6-fluorinated bases. It is concluded from these results that the origin of the ultrafast radiationless decay is the same for the two pyrimidine bases. |
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| Publication date | 2005-10-27 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 12333589 |
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| Record identifier | cfb4754c-39ff-4322-8288-7ad905f79c5d |
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| Record created | 2009-09-10 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-07 |
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