Classification of organic molecules to obtain electron affinities from half-wave reduction potentials: Cytosine, uracil, thymine, guanine and adenine

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-78

  Chen, Edward S D ^a   Chen, Edward C M ^b   Sane, Neeta ^b   Shulze, Shawn ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

CURES EC; DNA; Electron affinity; Half wave reduction potentials; Multiconfiguration configuration interaction (MCCI)

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; VITAMINS;

ELECTRON AFFINITY; HALF-WAVE REDUCTION POTENTIAL; MULTICONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION INTERACTION (MCCI);

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

1,3 BUTADIENE; 1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; ACETOPHENONE; ACRIDINE; ADENINE; ALDEHYDE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; BENZONITRILE; BENZOQUINONE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; KETONE; POLYENE; PYRIDINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SULFADIAZINE; THYMINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; URACIL; VITAMIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION;

ADENINE; ALGORITHMS; CYTOSINE; ELECTRONS; GUANINE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIBOFLAVIN; SOLVENTS; THYMINE; URACIL; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0033035657     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(98)00211-6     Document Type: Article

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