Excited State Properties of Naphtho-Homologated xxDNA Bases and Effect of Methanol Solution, Deoxyribose, and Base Pairing

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• 作者：Laibin Zhang ; Tingqi Ren ; Jianxiang Tian ; Xiuqin Yang ; Liuzhu Zhou ; Xiaoming Li
• 刊名：The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：April 18, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：117
• 期：15
• 页码：3983-3992
• 全文大小：509K
• 年卷期：v.117,no.15(April 18, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5207

文摘

Design and synthesis of fluorescent nucleobase analogues for studying structures and dynamics of nucleic acids have attracted much attention in recent years. In the present work, a comprehensive theoretical study of electronic transitions of naphtho-homologated base analogues, namely, xxC, xxT, xxA, and xxG, was performed. The nature of the low-lying excited states was discussed, and the results were compared with those of x-bases. Geometrical characteristics of the lowest excited singlet 蟺蟺* states were explored using the CIS method. The calculated excitation maxima are 423, 397, 383, and 357 nm for xxA, xxG, xxC, and xxT, respectively, and they are greatly red-shifted compared with x-bases and natural bases, allowing them to be selectively excited in the presence of the natural bases. In the gas phase, the fluorescence from them would be expected to occur around 497, 461, 457, and 417 nm, respectively. The effects of methanol solution, deoxyribose, and base paring with their complementary natural bases on the relevant absorption and emission spectra of these modified bases were also examined.