title: Pyrimidine and halogenated pyrimidines near edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectra at C and N K-edges: experiment and theory.
abstract: The inner shell excitation of pyrimidine and some halogenated pyrimidines near the C and N K-edges has been investigated experimentally by near edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and theoretically by density functional theory calculations. The selected targets, 5-Br-pyrimidine, 2-Br-pyrimidine, 2-Cl-pyrimidine, and 5-Br-2-Cl-pyrimidine, allow the effects of the functionalization of the pyrimidine ring to be studied either as a function of different halogen atoms bound to the same molecular site or as a function of the same halogen atom bound to different molecular sites. The results show that the individual characteristics of the different spectra of the substituted pyrimidines can be rationalized in terms of variations in electronic and geometrical structures of the molecule depending on the localization and the electronegativity of the substituent.
authors.affiliation: CNR-IMIP, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Monterotondo Scalo 00016, Italy. paola.bolognesi@imip.cnr.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bolognesi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Keeffe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ovcharenko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coreno
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Avaldi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Feyer
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Plekan
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Prince
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carravetta
mesh_terms: D054879:Halogenation; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D014732:Vibration; D056928:X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
chemical_list: D011743:Pyrimidines; C030986:pyrimidine