• Title of article

    Hydrogen bonding properties of DMSO in ground-state formation and optical spectra of 3-hydroxyflavone anion

  • Author/Authors

    Protti، نويسنده , , Stefano and Mezzetti، نويسنده , , Alberto and Cornard، نويسنده , , Jean-Paul and Lapouge، نويسنده , , Christine and Fagnoni، نويسنده , , Maurizio، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    88
  • To page
    93
  • Abstract
    We report ground-state formation of 3-hydroxyflavone (3HF) anion in DMSO. According to the literature this process is possible only in hydrogen bonding donor (HBD) solvents. Our results show that a solvent with zero HBD acidity but sufficiently high hydrogen bonding acceptor basicity can also give anion formation. A possible new mechanism is proposed. Furthermore, theoretical calculations show evidence for the formation of a 3HF−···DMSOH+ complex. As 3HF anion is a promising biophysical fluorescent probe, our results can help to understand the factors governing its ground-state formation and how its spectral properties are related to its microenvironment in biological systems.
  • Journal title
    Chemical Physics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Chemical Physics Letters
  • Record number

    1925404