Excited-state hydrogen atom abstraction initiates the photochemistry of β-2′-deoxycytidine† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Including relevant preliminary results as well as illustrations and geometrical parameters of selected structures. See DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03761h Click here for additional data file.

H–D exchange experiments and quantum-chemical calculations elucidate the mechanism of photoinduced anomerisation and nucleobase loss reactions observed in β-2′-deoxycytidine.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Szabla, Rafał, Campos, Jesús, Šponer, Judit E., Šponer, Jiří, Góra, Robert W., Sutherland, John D.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866440/