Substituent effects on electrophilicity of flavins: An experimental and semi-empirical molecular orbital study

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 183-187

  Bosca, F ^a,b   Fernandez, L ^a   Heelis, P F ^b   Yano, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flavin; Laser flash photolysis; Redox; Singlet state; Substituent effects; Triplet state

Indexed keywords

PHENYL GROUP; RIBOFLAVIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

FLAVINS; LASERS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0033923741     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(00)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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