Dímero de timina cristalina Separación por una reacción interfacial fotomecánica de cadena de transferencia de

Rishika Rai1, Krzysztof A Konieczny1, Roberto Chavez1

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States.

Resumen

Reacciones fotoquímicas en estado sólido que dividen eficientemente los dimeros de timina (TD) en timina (T) utilizando N,N,N,N-tetrametil-1,4-fenilendiamina (TMPD) como reductor. La molienda mecánica y la fotoirradicación inician una reacción en cadena para la división de TD de alto rendimiento.

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