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Published on: December 27, 2018
Two-photon chemistry from upper triplet states of thymine
Victoria Vendrell-Criado1, Gemma M Rodríguez-Muñiz, Minoru Yamaji
1Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC, Universitat Politècnica de València , Av. Los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
Abstract:
Photolysis of the benzophenone chromophore by means of high energy laser pulses has been used as a tool to populate upper thymine-like triplet states via intramolecular sensitization. These species undergo characteristic nπ* triplet photoreactivity, as revealed by the Norrish-Yang photocyclization of 5-tert-butyluracil.
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