INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF THREE ADENINE-MAGNESIUM ISOMERS SOLVATED IN SUPERFLUID HELIUM DROPLETS
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Date
2004
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Ohio State University
Abstract
Adenine, A DNA base, has been complexed with a single magnesium atom within superfluid helium droplets. The N9H stretch, symmetric and asymmetric $NH_{2}$ stretching modes have been measured and compared to the adenine monomer. It was found that three separate isomers exist in the helium droplets environment, specifically, magnesium binds to the N1, N3 and N7 sites on the adenine. Vibrational bands are unambiguously characterized using vibrational transition moment angle (VTMA) analysis.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill