BARC/PUB/2018/0942

 
 

A Concerted Synchronous [2 + 2] Cycloreversion Repair Catalyzed by Two Electrons

 
     
 
Author(s)

Davis, D.; Bhushan, K. G.; Sajeev, Y.; Cederbaum, L. S.
(TPD)

Source

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2018. Vol. 9: pp. 6973-6977

ABSTRACT

The current understanding of photoenzyme-catalyzed [2+ 2] cycloreversion repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) is that a photogenerated electron from the photolyase enzyme catalyzes the repair. This one-electron catalyzed repair is a sequential two-bond breaking cycloreversion of the cyclobutane center and involves a negative ion radical as an intermediate. Here, by resonantly capturing two exogenous low-energy electrons into the molecular field of a CPD, we show that the concerted synchronous two-bond breaking reaction, which is intermediate-free, and hence a safe repair, is feasible through two-electron catalysis.

 
 
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