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SUBMITTER: Kumar A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4032191 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kumar Anil A Sevilla Michael D MD
The journal of physical chemistry. B 20140513 20
In the present study, we show that for one-electron oxidized A-T or G-C base pairs the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) is located on A or G and is lower in energy than the doubly occupied highest-occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) localized to the pyrimidines, T or C. This directs second ionizations to the pyrimidine bases resulting in triplet state diradical dications, (A(•+)-T(•+)) and (G(•+)-C(•+)). On interbase proton transfer, the SOMO and HOMO levels switch and the second oxidation ...[more]