On the electronic structure of ethidium

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 495-508

  Luedtke, Nathan W ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   Tor, Yitzhak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic heterocycle; Crystal structure; Intercalating agent; NMR spectroscopy; Stacking interactions

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NITROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ELECTRON DONATION; ELECTRON WITHDRAWING EFFECTS; ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION;

AMINES;

AMINE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; CARBON; ETHIDIUM; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; HYDROGEN; IMINE; INTERCALATING AGENT; NITROGEN; PHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYL GROUP;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DENSITY; DRUG DNA BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EMPIRICISM; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRONS; ETHIDIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 12444287913     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400559     Document Type: Article

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