Phototautomerism of Isocytosine in a Water Medium: Theoretical and Experimental Study

Autor: B. H. Dimitrov, Vassil B. Delchev, Rumyana Bakalska
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Structural Chemistry. 60:898-908
ISSN: 1573-8779
0022-4766
DOI: 10.1134/s0022476619060040
Popis: We have carried out a combined theoretical (at the TDDFT BLYP/6-311++G** level of theory) and experimental study of the mechanism of phototautmerization of the N(3)H oxo tautomer of isocytosine dissolved in a water medium. The study reveals that this photoreaction occurs along the 1πσ* excited-state reaction paths of the oxo and hydroxy tautomers of the compound through conical intersections S0/S1. The last strucutres are located at the CASSCF level for both tautomers.
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