title: Charge transfer excited-state dynamics in DNA duplexes substituted with an ethynylpyrenyldeoxyuridine electron source and a fluorodeoxyuridine electron trap.
abstract: Studies of six 5-(pyren-1-yl-ethynyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (U(PY))-substituted DNA duplexes in this work test and support the conclusions reported by Gaballah et al. (J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 5927-5934) based on investigations of 5-(2-pyren-1-yl-ethylenyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (U(PE))-substituted DNA hairpins. As expected because of the rigid ethynyl linker in U(PY) (compared to the flexible ethylenyl linker in U(PE)), U(PY)-substituted duplexes do not show enhanced charge transfer (CT) emission quantum yields for duplexes with 5-fluorodeoxyuridine (U(F)) electron traps near U(PY) compared to duplexes without traps. Furthermore, the average CT lifetime and emission quantum yield of U(PY)-substituted duplexes is independent of the U(F) trap location. These new results strongly suggest that the excess electron in the PY*+/dU*- CT state of U(PY) is restrained from hopping to nearby U(F) traps due to attraction to PY*+.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4098, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-4098, USA.
authors.forename: Samir T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Gaballah
authors.forename: Galen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Netzel
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D003857:Deoxyuridine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D004583:Electrons; D005467:Floxuridine / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D015394:Molecular Structure; D044366:Transition Temperature
chemical_list: D005467:Floxuridine; D004247:DNA; D003857:Deoxyuridine