Ab initio calculations (4-31G basis set at CIS and CIS-MP2 levels) were carried out to investigate the nature of the double proton-transfer process of the 7-azaindole base-pair in both S O and S t states. The result is in agreement with the stepwise mechanism recently observed for S~, and reveals a
Femtosecond molecular dynamics of tautomerization in model base pairs
β Scribed by Douhal, A.; Kim, S. K.; Zewail, A. H.
- Book ID
- 109794475
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 805 KB
- Volume
- 378
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/378260a0
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