Gas-Phase Cytosine and Cytosine-N 1 -Derivatives Have 0.1–1 ns Lifetimes Near the S 1 State Minimum

Blaser, Susan; Trachsel, Maria Angela; Lobsiger, Simon; Wiedmer, Timo; Frey, Hans-Martin; Leutwyler, Samuel (2016). Gas-Phase Cytosine and Cytosine-N 1 -Derivatives Have 0.1–1 ns Lifetimes Near the S 1 State Minimum. The journal of physical chemistry letters, 7(5), pp. 752-757. American Chemical Society 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00017

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Ultraviolet radiative damage to DNA is inefficient because of the ultrafast S1 ⇝ S0 internal conversion of its nucleobases. Using picosecond pump–ionization delay measurements, we find that the S1(1ππ*) state vibrationless lifetime of gas-phase keto-amino cytosine (Cyt) is τ = 730 ps or ∼700 times longer than that measured by femtosecond pump–probe ionization at higher vibrational excess energy, Eexc. N1-Alkylation increases the S1 lifetime up to τ = 1030 ps for N1-ethyl-Cyt but decreases it to 100 ps for N1-isopropyl-Cyt. Increasing the vibrational energy to Eexc = 300–550 cm–1 decreases the lifetimes to 20–30 ps. The nonradiative dynamics of S1 cytosine is not solely a property of the amino-pyrimidinone chromophore but is strongly influenced by the N1-substituent. Correlated excited-state calculations predict that the gap between the S2(1nOπ*) and S1(1ππ*) states decreases along the series of N1-derivatives, thereby influencing the S1 state lifetime.

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