Infrared multiple photon dissociation action spectroscopy of proton-bound dimers of cytosine and modified cytosines: Effects of modifications on gas-phase conformations

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 14191-14201

  Yang, Bo ^a   Wu, R R ^a   Berden, G ^b   Oomens, J ^b,c   Rodgers, M T ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; GAS-PHASE STRUCTURES; GROUND-STATE STRUCTURES; HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS; INFRARED MULTIPLE PHOTON DISSOCIATIONS; PROTON-BOUND HETERODIMERS; TAUTOMERIC CONFORMATIONS;

CONFORMATIONS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GROUND STATE; HYDROGEN BONDS; PHOTONS;

PROTONS;

CYTOSINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; GAS; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHOTON;

BASE PAIRING; CYTOSINE; DIMERIZATION; GASES; HYDROGEN BONDING; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOTONS; PROTONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 84888330638     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405105w     Document Type: Article

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