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As one of the building blocks in RNA chain, uracil and its derivatives have attracted a great deal of interest since its ultrafast dynamics is closely related to mutagenic and carcinogenic effects. In this study, the solvent effect on the ultrafast decay of excited uracil is studied by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy in the UV region. The uracil molecule is populated to the 1(π, π*) state (i.e. S2 state) with a pump pulse at 264 nm. Broad-band white light continuum in the UV region from 280 to 360 nm is used as the probe. With a detail analysis of the measured transient spectra, two decay time constants, i.e. 9.8 ps and > 1000 ps, are directly obtained at 300 nm in the solvent of acetonitrile. Compared with our previous experiments, where no obvious triplet population is observed in water, triplet population is found to play an important role in acetonitrile. A comparison of excited-state dynamics among different solvents is also carried out. It reveals that the decay from the 1(n, π*) state (i.e., S1 state) to the T1 state shows a clear dependence on the H bonding of the solvents. With stronger H bonding, the 1(n, π*) excited state decays faster and has less chance to transfer to the triplet state. These results suggest that only when the 1(n, π*) state has excess vibrational energy can it transit to the triplet state through the intersystem crossing process. With this new information obtained in the present measurement, the decay dynamics of uracil on the S2 excited state can be further understood.
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Keywords:
- femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy /
- uracil /
- excited-state dynamic /
- solvent effect
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图 1 在不同的泵浦和探测脉冲的时间延迟下尿嘧啶在乙腈溶剂中的瞬态吸收光谱 (a) 1—19.5 ps; (b) 59.5—79.5 ps
Figure 1. Transient absorbance change of uracil in acetonitrile at different pump-probe delays: (a) 1–19.5 ps; (b) 59.5– 79.5 ps.
图 2 在300 nm处尿嘧啶在乙腈中的瞬态吸收信号在不同的泵浦-探测光时间延迟下的变化曲线
Figure 2. Time-dependent absorbance change of uracil in acetonitrile with different pump-probe delays at 300 nm.
图 3 尿嘧啶在乙腈溶剂中的光激发衰减动力学过程示意图
Figure 3. Jablonski diagram of the proposed decay mechanism for photo-excited uracil in acetonitrile.
图 4 在不同的泵浦和探测脉冲的时间延迟下尿嘧啶在甲醇溶剂中的瞬态吸收光谱 (a) 0.5—20.3 ps; (b) 22.3—50.3 ps
Figure 4. Transient absorbance change of uracil in methanol at different pump-probe delays: (a) 0.5–20.3 ps; (b) 22.3–50.3 ps.
表 1 在不同溶剂中观察到的时间常数
Table 1. Observed time constants in different solvents.
乙腈 乙酸乙酯 甲醇 乙二醇 水 a τ1/ps 9.8 6.8 3.5 3.1 1.1 b τ2/ps >1000 >1000 >1000 >1000 >1000 a 以300 nm处的衰减曲线为例; b τ2 在之前的研究中未能被精确测量. 
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[1] Zierhut M, Roth W, Fischer I 2004 Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 6 5178
Google Scholar
[2] Pfeifer G P, You Y H, Besaratinia A 2005 Mutat. Res.- Fund. Mol. Mech. Mutagen 571 19
Google Scholar
[3] de Gruijl F R 1999 Eur. J. Cancer 35 2003
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[5] Hare P M, Crespo-Hernandez C E, Kohler B 2007 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A 104 435
Google Scholar
[6] Gustavsson T, Banyasz A, Lazzarotto E, Markovitsi D, Scalmani G, Frisch M J, Barone V, Improta R 2006 J. Am. Chem. Soc 128 607
Google Scholar
[7] Matsika S 2004 J. Phys. Chem. A 108 7584
Google Scholar
[8] Barbatti M, Aquino A J A, Szymczak J J, Nachtigallova D, ́Hobza P, Lischka H 2010 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A 107 21453
Google Scholar
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[11] Gustavsson T, Sarkar N, Banyasz A, Markovitsi D, Improta R 2007 Photochem. Photobiol 83 595
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Google Scholar
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[19] Danillo V, Adalberto V S A, Antonio C B 2021 Molecules 26 5191
Google Scholar
[20] Salet C, Bensasson R 1975 Photochem. Photobiol 22 231
Google Scholar
[21] Gorner H 1990 Photochem. Photobiol 52 935
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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[26] Schwarzer D, Troe J, Votsmeier M, Zerezke M 1997 Ber. Bunsen. Phys. Chem. 101 595
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