Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (11): 2134.

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Electron Transfer Laser Flash Photolysis Between Nucleosides and Probe Triplet N-(2’-Hydroxyethyl)-1,8-naphthalimide

LI Hui-Qing1, JIANG Zhi-Qin1, Wang Xin1, PAN Yang2, WANG Feng2, YU Shu-Qin2   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;
    2. Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • Received:2003-08-21 Online:2004-11-24 Published:2004-11-24

Abstract: The time resolved transient absorption property, kinetics and mechanism of electron transfer(ET) process of the fluorescence probe, N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1,8-naphthalimide(NPI) were studied. The transient absorption spectra of NPI in H2O-CH3CN solution were successfully detected upon pulsed excitation at 355 nm. 3NPI was proved as the primary excited state with lifetime of 147 μs. 3NPI underwent the T-T energy transfer with β-carotene and ET with triphenyl amine to produce NPI. In the absence of quenchers, the self-quenching of 3NPI by the ground states of NPI took place via ET. The ET from nucleosides to 3NPI was also explored. NPI showed a strong electron-accepting capability and the absorbance of 3NPI was strongly quenched by the nucleosides. The formation of NPI was facilitated to a great extent simultaneously. The bimolecular quenching rate constants of NPI by GUA and DGUA were determined as k3=8.8×106mol-1·L·s-1, k4=2.1×107 mol·L·s-1. The ET between NPI and nucleosides was verified and the mechanism was proposed.

Key words: Naphthalimide, Nucleoside, 2’-Dioxyguanosine, Electron transfer, Laser flash photolysis

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