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Martial Boggio-Pasqua1, Patricia Vicendo, Mohamed Oubal
1Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques, UMR 5626, IRSAMC, CNRS et Université de Toulouse, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France.
Abstract:
Making the right ligand selection: DFT calculations of Gibbs energies for the one-electron photooxidation of guanine by six Ru(II)-polypyridine complexes are reported. The theoretical predictions are compared with new EPR spectra. Our theoretical calculations confirm the experimental observations that the direct photooxidation of guanine by [Ru(bpz)(3)](2+), [Ru(tap)(3)](2+), and [Ru(bpz)(2)(dppz)](2+) is thermodynamically favorable, but is unfavorable with [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+), [Ru(phen)(3)](2+), and [Ru(bpy)(2)(dppz)](2+) (see figure).
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