Journal article
Formation of pyrimidine dimer radical anions in the gas phase
A Edtbauer, K Russell, L Feketeová, J Taubitz, C Mitterdorfer, S Denifl, RAJ O'Hair, TD Märk, P Scheier, U Wille
Chemical Communications | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY | Published : 2009
DOI: 10.1039/b920282j
Abstract
Crossed-beam experiments revealed that attachment of a free electron to the cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers c,s-DMT<>DMT and c,a-DMT<>DMT leads to the formation of dimer radical anions with the lifetime of at least 80 μs, thus showing that the latter are much more stable than previously believed. © 2009 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank the Australian Research Council for financial support through the Centre of Excellence program. This work has been supported by the FWF, Wien, Austria and the European Commission, Brussels. S. D. gratefully acknowledges an Apart Fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences.