Abstract
The density functional theory (DFT) calculations (B3LYP) with aug-cc-pVDZ basis sets on various substituted neutral and radical cationic guanine-cytosine (GC*+) base pairs suggest that an electron-withdrawing ring deactivating substituent group like -NO2, -COOH attached to a G ring lowers the reorganization/activation energy values whereas an electron releasing ring activating group like -OH increases these values. An electron releasing, but a ring deactivating group -F, exhibits its effect in between the above two extreme cases. A weak electron releasing, ring activating methyl group, as well as substituent groups attached to C (cytosine)-ring show almost no effect.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 154-159 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
Volume | 486 |
Issue number | 4-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 12 2010 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry