On the mechanism of nonradiative decay of DNA bases: ab initio and TDDFT results for the excited states of 9H-adenine

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Sobolewski, AL [1 ]
Domcke, W
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[1] Polish Acad Sci, Inst Phys, PL-02668 Warsaw, Poland
[2] Tech Univ Munich, Inst Phys & Theoret Chem, D-85747 Garching, Germany
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10.1140/epjd/e2002-00164-5
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Minimum-energy reaction paths and corresponding potential-energy profiles have been computed for the lowest excited states of the amino form of 9H-adenine. Complete-active-space self-consistent-field (CASSCF) and density functional theory (DFT) methods have been employed. The potential-energy function of the lowest (1)pisigma* state, nominally a 3s Rydberg state, is found to be dissociative with respect to the stretching of the NH bond length of the azine group. The (1)pisigma* potential-energy function intersects not only those of the (1)pipi* and (1)npi* excited states, but also that of the electronic ground state. The (1)pipi*-(1)pisigma* and (1)pisigma*-S-0 intersections are converted into conical intersections when the out-of-plane motion of the active hydrogen atom is taken into account. It is argued that the predissociation of the (1)pipi* and (1)npi* states by the (1)pisigma* state and the conical intersection of the (1)pisigma* state with the S-0 state provide the mechanism for the ultrafast radiationless deactivation of the excited singlet states of adenine.
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