Acidity of a Nucleotide Base: Uracil

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3439-3446

  Miller, Thomas M ^a   Arnold, Susan T ^a   Viggiano, A A ^a   Stevens Miller, Amy E ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ChemMotif Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON AFFINITY; GAS-PHASE ACIDITY; PROTON TRANSFER REACTIONS; URACIL;

ACIDITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENTHALPY; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN BONDS; RATE CONSTANTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 2342489380     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp037367l     Document Type: Article

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