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Photoinduced Processes in Nucleic Acids

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Photoinduced Phenomena in Nucleic Acids I

Part of the book series: Topics in Current Chemistry ((TOPCURRCHEM,volume 355))

Abstract

Photoinduced processes in nucleic acids are phenomena of fundamental interest in diverse fields, from prebiotic studies, through medical research on carcinogenesis, to the development of bioorganic photodevices. In this contribution we survey many aspects of the research across the boundaries. Starting from a historical background, where the main milestones are identified, we review the main findings of the physical-chemical research of photoinduced processes on several types of nucleic-acid fragments, from monomers to duplexes. We also discuss a number of different issues which are still under debate.

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Abbreviations

(6–4)PD:

(6–4) Pyrimidine-pyrimidone dimer

1Me-Cyt:

1-Methyl-cytosine

5F-Cyt:

5-Fluoro-cytosine

9Me-Ade:

9-Methyl-adenine

ADC(2):

Algebraic diagrammatic construction to second order

Ade:

Adenine

Ado:

Adenosine

AMD:

Adiabatic molecular dynamics

AMP:

Adenosine monophosphate

AT:

Adenine–thymine pair

CASSCF:

Complete active space self-consistent field

CC2:

Coupled-cluster to approximated second order

CI:

Configuration interaction

CPD:

Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer

Cyt:

Cytosine

d(ApG):

Adenine–guanine dinucleotide

dA:

Deoxyadenosine

dAMP:

Deoxy-AMP

DFT:

Density functional theory

dT:

Thymidine

FU:

Fluorescence up-conversion

GC:

Guanine–cytosine pair

GP:

Gas phase

Gua:

Guanine

IC:

Internal conversion

MRCI:

Multireference configuration interaction

R2PI:

Resonant two-photon ionization

T:T:

Stacked thymines

T<>C:

Thymine–cytosine CPD

T<>T:

Thymine–thymine CPD

TA:

Transient absorption

TDDFT:

Time-dependent density functional theory

TD-DFTB:

Time-dependent density functional tight binding

Thy:

Thymine

TR-IY:

Time-resolved ion yield

TR-PES:

Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy

TR-TAS:

Time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy

TSH:

Trajectory surface hopping

Ura:

Uracil

W:

Water

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A.C.B. would like to thank continuous academic support from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolimento Cientifíco e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), and the Laboratory of Advanced Scientific Computation (LCCA) of the University of São Paulo. S.U. would like to thank the National Science Foundation for supporting her research. M.B. would like to thank the support of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung.

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Barbatti, M., Borin, A.C., Ullrich, S. (2014). Photoinduced Processes in Nucleic Acids. In: Barbatti, M., Borin, A., Ullrich, S. (eds) Photoinduced Phenomena in Nucleic Acids I. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 355. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2014_569

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