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Title: Photophysics of 2{prime}-deoxyuridine (dU) nucleosides covalently substituted with either 1-pyrenyl or 1-pyrenoyl. Observation of pyrene-to-nucleoside charge-transfer emission in 5-(1-pyrenyl)-dU

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society
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  1. Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States)
  2. Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)

This paper reports syntheses electronic absorbance and emission spectra, and emission kinetics results for two types of pyrene-substituted uridine nucleosides as part of an ongoing study which is examining the photophysical and photochemical behaviors of these same nucleosides embedded in DNA oligomers and duplexes with varying base-sequence composition. The two labels are 1-pyrenyl itself and 1-carboxypyrenyl (1-pyrenoyl) which are each joined direcrly to the 5-position of 2`-deoxyuridine (dCT). These direct attachments significantly restrict the range of conformations available to the pyrene label when it is attached to a DNA oligomer or duplex. {pi},{pi}{sup *} emission is absent for 5-(1-pyrenyl)-dU, 1, in methanol (MeOH) but present in tetrahydrofuran (THF). The steady-state emission spectrum of 1 in MeOH shows that emission from the few long-lived {pi},{pi}{sup *} states is dominated at all wavelengths by the 0.9-ns lived CT emission. In contrast, only {pi},{pi}{sup *} emission is observed for 5-(1-pyrenoyl)-dU, 2, in both MeOH and THF with emission quantum yields of 0.002 and 0.028, respectively. The spectral and emission kinetics data for nucleosides 1 and 2 support the conclusions that each has multiple conformers in solution and that the relative orientation of the pyrene and uridine {pi}-systems plays a crucial role in determining the rates of both ET quenching of pyrene{sup *} and charge-recombination in the photoproduct. 98 refs., 2 figs., 3 tabs.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
115677
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 117, Issue 36; Other Information: PBD: 13 Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English