title: Mid-infrared study of deoxycytidine at high pressures: evidence of a phase transition.
abstract: Room temperature mid-infrared experiments between 600 and 1600 cm(-1) have been performed on crystalline deoxycytidine as a function of pressure up to about 10 GPa. The wavenumbers of most vibrational modes shift to higher values with increasing pressures except for a mode near 840 cm(-1). Assignments for the observed modes are made on the basis of work published in the literature. Several anomalies are noted near 4.7 GPa, suggesting a phase transition. Our results for deoxycytidine are compared to similar measurements on cytidine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA. sal@physics.utoledo.edu
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lettress
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D015394:Molecular Structure; D044367:Phase Transition; D011312:Pressure; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D003841:Deoxycytidine