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Theoretical Study of the Structure and Bonding of a Metal−DNA Base Complex: Al−Guanine
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Tautomerism in the most-stable isomers of Al−guanine complexes and their cations is studied with density functional theory and second-order perturbation theory calculations. Electron propagator calculations on vertical ionization energies and Dyson orbitals provide information on the electronic structure in the most-stable neutral doublets, as well as in the corresponding singlets and triplets. The Al−guanine complex consists of a positively charged Al ion with two localized valence electrons coordinated to a negatively charged guanine with an unpaired, delocalized π electron. Three isomers have very similar energies; however, the most-stable form has a markedly different ionization energy. Ionization energies for the second and third forms almost coincide. Predicted ionization energies are in close agreement with recent spectra. In all three cases, the first ionization energy corresponds to a cationic, singlet final state where the unpaired, delocalized π electron on guanine has been removed, whereas the second ionization energy corresponds to the removal of an electron from a 3s-like orbital on the Al ion. Changes in Mulliken charges and optimized structures between neutrals and cations confirm these qualitative conclusions.
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- Published In Issue November 06, 2003
- Received May 23, 2003
Revised August 4, 2003
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