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Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry

11/12/97

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Kinetics Optical Spectra Thermodynamics
ESR Studies Excited States Photochemistry
Radiation Chemistry Related Experimental Studies Multiphase Systems
Polymers Biological and Medical Aspects Solar Energy
Industrial and Environmental Applications Theoretical Studies Reviews

Kinetics

Peroxynitrite-mediated oxidation D,L-selenomethionine: Kinetics, mechanism and the role of carbon dioxide.
Padmaja, S., Squadrito, G.L., Lemercier, J.-N., Cueto, R., Pryor, W.A., Free Radical Biol. Med. 23(6): 917-26 (1997).

Rate constants for the addition of 2-hydroxy-2-propyl radicals to alkenes in solution studied by laser flash photolysis.
Martschke, R., Farley, R.D., Fischer, H., Helv. Chim. Acta 80(5): 1363-74 (1997).

Intermolecular electron transfer involving N-phosphoryl methionine and tryptophan in aqueous solution: A pulse radiolysis study.
Chu, G., Yao, S., Zhang, Z., Zhang, M., Wang, W., Chen, J., J. Radiat. Res. Radiat. Process. (Fushe Yanjiu Yu Fushe Gongyi Xuebao) 15(3): 143-8 (1997).

Manganese complexes of bis-benzimidazolyl ligand as novel quenchers of superoxide radical anion.
Rajesh, Das, S.K., Mathur, P., Polyhedron 16(20): 3511-7 (1997).


Optical Spectra

Inter-ring interactions in dimers of magnesium [pi]-cation radicals: Control by solvent polarity.
Brancato-Buentello, K.E., Scheidt, W.R., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 36(13-14): 1456-9 (1997).

Matrix isolation Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study of energetic nitrogen fluxes applied to fabrication of nitride thin films. Observation of N3 radical and quantitative estimation of matrix-isolated N atoms.
Khabashesku, V.N., Margrave, J.L., Waters, K., Schultz, J.A., J. Appl. Phys. 82(4): 1921-4 (1997).

The energy landscape of myoglobin: An optical study.
Leeson, D.T., Wiersma, D.A., Fritsch, K., Friedrich, J., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6331-40 (1997).

In situ vibrational study of the initial steps during urea electrochemical oxidation.
Bezerra, A.C.S., deSa, E.L., Nart, F.C., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6443-9 (1997).

Luminescence, spectroscopy, lifetimes and quenching mechanisms of excited states of uranyl and other actinide ions.
Baird, C.P., Kemp, T.J., Prog. React. Kinet. 22(2): 87-139 (1997).


Thermodynamics

Synthesis and characterization of nitrido Tc(V) and Re(V) complexes with ferrocenedithiocarboxylate {FcCS2 = [Fe(C5H4CS2)(C5H5)]-}.
Bolzati, C., Uccelli, L., Duatti, A., Venturini, M., Morin, C., Cheradame, S., Refosco, F., Ossola, F., Tisato, F., Inorg. Chem. 36(17): 3582-5 (1997).

Electrochemical generation of rhodium porphyrin hydrides. Catalysis of hydrogen evolution.
Grass, V., Lexa, D., Saveant, J.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(32): 7526-32 (1997).

Experimental determination of the reorganization energy of the NO2+/NO2 redox couple. Comparison with theory.
Lund, T., Eberson, L., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (8): 1435-43 (1997).

A mechanistic study of the reduction of quinones by ascorbic acid.
Isaacs, N.S., vanEldik, R., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (8): 1465-7 (1997).

Rates of decarboxylation of the radical cations of indol-3-ylacetic acids and comparison with indolizin-1-ylacetic acids.
Mehta, L.K., Porssa, M., Parrick, J., Candeias, L.P., Wardman, P., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (8): 1487-91 (1997).

Solvent effects on the electrochemistry of C60. Thermodynamics of solvation of C60 and fullerides.
Noviandri, I., Bolskar, R.D., Lay, P.A., Reed, C.A., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6350-8 (1997).


ESR Studies

A novel method for detecting nitric oxide (NO) by formation of fluorescent products based on cheletropic spin traps.
Batz, M., Korth, H.G., Sustmann, R., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 36(13-14): 1501-3 (1997).

Detection of an EPR multiline signal for the S0* state in photosystem II.
Messinger, J., Nugent, J.H.A., Evans, M.C.W., Biochemistry 36(37): 11055-60 (1997).

First identification by EPR spectra of lanthanum(II) organometallic intermediates (and E1/2 for La3+ -> La2+) in the C-O bond activation of dimethoxyethane.
Cassani, M.C., Lappert, M.F., Laschi, F., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (16): 1563-4 (1997).

Pulsed EPR measurement of the distance between P680+ and QA- in photosystem II.
Zech, S.G., Kurreck, J., Bittl, R., FEBS Lett. 414(2): 454-6 (1997).

Metal-versus ligand-centered oxidations in phenolato-vanadium and -cobalt complexes: Characterization of phenoxyl-cobalt(III) species.
Sokolowski, A., Adam, B., Weyhermuller, T., Kikuchi, A., Hildenbrand, K., Schnepf, R., Hildebrandt, P., Bill, E., Wieghardt, K., Inorg. Chem. 36(17): 3702-10 (1997).

Iron-rhodium and iron-iridium mixed-metal nitrido-carbonyl clusters. Synthesis, characterization, redox properties, and solid-state structure of the octahedral clusters [Fe5RhN(CO)15]2-, [Fe5IrN(CO)15]2-, and [Fe4Rh2N(CO)15]-. Infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies on the interstitial nitride.
DellaPergola, R., Cinquantini, A., Diana, E., Garlaschelli, L., Laschi, F., Luzzini, P., Manassero, M., Repossi, A., Sansoni, M., Stanghellini, P.L., Zanello, P., Inorg. Chem. 36(17): 3761-71 (1997).

Exchange interaction mediated by O-HO hydrogen bonds: Synthesis, structure, and EPR study of the paramagnetic organometallic carboxylic acid ([eta]7-C7H7)V([eta]5-C5H4COOH).
Elschenbroich, C., Schiemann, O., Burghaus, O., Harms, K., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(32): 7452-7 (1997).

A room temperature stable 1,3-diphosphaallyl radical.
Canac, Y., Baceiredo, A., Schoeller, W.W., Gigmes, D., Bertrand, G., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(32): 7579-80 (1997).

Formation and decay kinetics of light-induced dye radicals on spectrally sensitized AgBr microcrystals measured by electron spin resonance spectroscopy: A quantitative model.
Ceulemans, T., Schoemaker, D., Vandenbroucke, D., DeKeyzer, R., J. Appl. Phys. 82(4): 1776-83 (1997).

Three component spin echo generation by radiation damping.
Augustine, M.P., Hahn, E.L., J. Chem. Phys. 107(8): 3324-8 (1997).

X- and W-band time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance studies on radical-excited triplet pairs between metalloporphyrins and axial-ligating nitroxide radicals.
Fujisawa, J., Ishii, K., Ohba, Y., Yamauchi, S., Fuhs, M., Mobius, K., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(33): 5869-76 (1997).

Electronic structure of the Y-D tyrosyl radical in photosystem II: A high-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic and density functional theoretical study.
Farrar, C.T., Gerfen, G.J., Griffin, R.G., Force, D.A., Britt, R.D., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6634-41 (1997).

The ESR studies of new radiosensitizing compounds.
Zhou, J., Hi, H., Jin, Y., Tu, T., Dong, J., Lin, N., J. Radiat. Res. Radiat. Process. (Fushe Yanjiu Yu Fushe Gongyi Xuebao) 15(3): 164-7 (1997).

Quantum beats in the recombination of radical ion pairs caused by hyperfine interaction in radical anions.
Bagryansky, V.A., Borovkov, V.I., Molin, Y.N., Egorov, M.P., Nefedov, O.M., Mendeleev Commun. (4): 132-3 (1997).


Excited States

Persistent triplet carbenes.
Tomioka, H., Acc. Chem. Res. 30(8): 315-21 (1997).

Design and characterization of a multisite fluorescence energy-transfer system for protein folding studies: A steady-state and time-resolved study of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase.
Lillo, M.P., Beechem, J.M., Szpikowska, B.K., Sherman, M.A., Mas, M.T., Biochemistry 36(37): 11261-72 (1997).

First evidence of visible-range absorbing Si-B chromophores.
Pillot, J.P., Birot, M., Bonnefon, E., Dunogues, J., Rayez, J.C., Rayez, M.T., Liotard, D., Desvergne, J.P., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (16): 1535-6 (1997).

Forward and reverse excitation energy transport in concentrated two-component systems.
Bojarski, P., Kulak, L., Chem. Phys. 220(3): 323-36 (1997).

The sub-ps lifetime of the 2A state of Z-hexatriene as deduced from its transient absorption spectrum.
Lochbrunner, S., Fuss, W., Kompa, K.L., Schmid, W.E., Chem. Phys. Lett. 274(5-6): 491-8 (1997).

The coordination dimer from ZnTPP and M(m-PyOMP) (M = H2 or Cu): spectroscopic properties and crystal structure.
Li, M., Xu, Z., You, X.Z., Huang, X.Y., Zheng, X.G., Wang, H.Z., Inorg. Chim. Acta 261(2): 211-5 (1997).

Chemistry of anti-o,o'-dibenzene.
Noh, T., Gan, H., Halfon, S., Hrnjez, B.J., Yang, N.C.C., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(32): 7470-82 (1997).

Energy transfer investigations on pure Cr(III)-complex compounds using resonant emission measurements.
Nierhauve, G., Schmidtke, H.H., J. Chem. Phys. 107(8): 2819-28 (1997).

A multidimensional Landau-Zener description of chemical reaction dynamics and vibrational coherence.
Zhu, L.Y., Widom, A., Champion, P.M., J. Chem. Phys. 107(8): 2859-71 (1997).

Resonance Raman study of solvent dynamics in electron transfer. 2. Betaine-30 in CH3OH and CD3OD.
Zong, Y.P., McHale, J.L., J. Chem. Phys. 107(8): 2920-9 (1997).

Reactions of nucleophilic carbenes with enols.
Couture, P., Pole, D.L., Warkentin, J., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (8): 1565-70 (1997).

Intermolecular excited state double proton transfer in dipyridocarbazole:alcohol complexes.
Herbich, J., Dobkowski, J., Thummel, R.P., Hegde, V., Waluk, J., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(33): 5839-45 (1997).

Effect of methyl substitution on the thermochemistry of ketene.
Aubry, C., Holmes, J.L., Terlouw, J.K., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(33): 5958-61 (1997).

Directed energy transfer funnels in dendrimeric antenna supermolecules.
Shortreed, M.R., Swallen, S.F., Shi, Z.Y., Tan, W.H., Xu, Z.F., Devadoss, C., Moore, J.S., Kopelman, R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6318-22 (1997).

Dual exciplex formation and photoinduced electron transfer in pyrene end-labeled polynorbornenes.
Possum, R.D., Fox, M.A., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6384-93 (1997).

Comparison between characters of photosensitization and dark reaction of hypericin and hypocrellin A.
Zhao, H., Zhang, H., Zhang, Z., Li, M., J. Radiat. Res. Radiat. Process. (Fushe Yanjiu Yu Fushe Gongyi Xuebao) 15(3): 149-54 (1997).

Photochemical reactions and phototoxicity of sterols: novel self-perpetuating mechanism for lipid photooxidation.
Albro, P.W., Bilski, P., Corbett, J.T., Schroeder, J.L., Chignell, C.F., Photochem. Photobiol. 66(3): 316-25 (1997).

Resolving sonoluminescence pulse width with time-correlated single photon counting.
Gompf, B., Gunther, R., Nick, G., Pecha, R., Eisenmenger, W., Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(7): 1405-8 (1997).


Photochemistry

Mechanism and analytical applicability of luminol specific extrinsic lyoluminescence of UV-irradiated potassium peroxodisulfate.
Matachescu, C., Kulmala, S., AlaKleme, T., Joela, H., Anal. Chem. 69(16): 3385-90 (1997).

Two-photon processes in the photo-Claisen and photo-Fries rearrangements. Direct observation of dienic ketenes generated by photolysis of transient cyclohexa-2,4-dienones.
Jimenez, M.C., Miranda, M.A., Scaiano, J.C., Tormos, R., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (16): 1487-8 (1997).

Breakdown of chlorophyll: Partial synthesis of a putative intermediary catabolite - Preliminary communication.
Krautler, B., Muhlecker, W., Anderl, M., Gerlach, B., Helv. Chim. Acta 80(5): 1355-62 (1997).

Photolysis of diacylferrocenes and their photo-ligand exchange reactions with 1,10-phenanthroline.
Che, D.J., Li, G., Du, B.S., Zhang, Z., Li, Y.H., Inorg. Chim. Acta 261(2): 121-7 (1997).

Ruthenium(II) complexes with the tetradentate 6,6'-bis(oxazolinyl or benzimidazolyl)-2,2'-bipyridine ligand: synthesis, electrochemical properties, and catalytic reactivities.
Mizushima, K., Nakaura, M., Park, S.B., Nishiyama, H., Monjushiro, H., Harada, K., Haga, M., Inorg. Chim. Acta 261(2): 175-80 (1997).

A light-driven molecular shuttle based on a rotaxane.
Murakami, H., Kawabuchi, A., Kotoo, K., Kunitake, M., Nakashima, N., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(32): 7605-6 (1997).

An expeditious synthesis of chaetomellic anhydrides A and B, and analogues.
Poigny, S., Guyot, M., Samadi, M., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 (15): 2175-7 (1997).

4H-Azepin-4-ones from 4-azidophenols in low-temperature matrices.
Dunkin, I.R., ElAyeb, A.A., Gallivan, S.L., Lynch, M.A., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (8): 1419-27 (1997).

Chemical triggering of dioxetanes derived from 9-adamantylideneacridanes: fluoride- and base-induced chemiluminescence (CIEEL) of siloxy- and acetoxy-substituted dioxetanes.
Adam, W., Reinhardt, D., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (8): 1453-63 (1997).

NMR studies of the structure of the photoinduced forms of photochromic spironaphthoxazines.
Delbaere, S., Bochu, C., Azaroual, N., Buntinx, G., Vermeersch, G., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (8): 1499-501 (1997).

Optical switching of antiferroelectric liquid crystal with azo-dye using photochemically induced SmCA*-SmC* phase transition.
Shirota, K., Yamaguchi, I., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 2 36(8A): L1035-L7 (1997).

Synthesis, structures, and isomerization of 9,10-di-tert-butyl-9,10-dihydro-9,10-disilaanthracenes.
Kyushin, S., Shinnai, T., Kubota, T., Matsumoto, H., Organometallics 16(17): 3800-4 (1997).

Towards improved alkoxyl radical precursors - The synthesis of N-alkoxy-4-(p-chlorophenyl)thiazole-2(3H)-thiones.
Hartung, J., Schwarz, M., Synlett (7): 848 (1997).

Photoinduced electron-transfer reaction of azo compounds.
Kitamura, A., Miyagawa, N., Karatsu, T., Yuki Gosei Kagaku Kyokaishi (Journal of the Association of Synthetic Organic Chemistry) 55(8): 678-85 (1997).


Radiation Chemistry

JL 13, a potential successor to clozapine, is less sensitive to oxidative phenomena.
Liegeois, J.-F., Mouithys-Mickalad, A., Bruhwyler, J., Delarge, J., Petit, C., Kauffmann, J.-M., Lamy, M., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 238(1): 252-5 (1997).

Free radical reactions of curcumin in membrane models.
Priyadarsini, K.I., Free Radical Biol. Med. 23(6): 838-43 (1997).

Effect of stabilizing ligands on the rate of reaction of CuIL with CCl3CO2- in aqueous solutions. 1. L = HOOCCH=CHCOO-.
Navon, N., Cohen, H., Meyerstein, D., Inorg. Chem. 36(17): 3781 (1997).

Atmospheric chemistry of 1,4-dioxane - Laboratory studies.
Platz, J., Sehested, J., Mogelberg, T., Nielsen, O.J., Wallington, T.J., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(16): 2855-63 (1997).

Oxidation of glyoxal initiated by OH in oxygenated aqueous solution.
Buxton, G.V., Malone, T.N., Salmon, G.A., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(16): 2889-91 (1997).

Reaction of SO4- with Fe2+, Mn2+ and Cu2+ in aqueous solution.
Buxton, G.V., Malone, T.N., Salmon, G.A., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(16): 2893-7 (1997).

On the kinetics of bisulfite autoxidation catalyzed by manganese(II) ions.
Yermakov, A.N., Poskrebyshev, G.A., Purmal, A.P., Prog. React. Kinet. 22(2): 141-71 (1997).


Experimental Studies on Related Topics

A new direct homolytic iodination reaction of alkanes by perfluoroalkyl iodides.
Liguori, L., Bjorsvik, H.R., Bravo, A., Fontana, F., Minisci, F., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (16): 1501-2 (1997).

Low-energy, low-temperature mass spectra. 17. selected aliphatic amides.
Abebe, M., Maccoll, A., Bowen, R.D., Eur. Mass Spectrom. 3(3): 197-208 (1997).

Syntheses and properties of donor/acceptor arylethynyl-substituted 1,6-methano[10]annulenes.
BryantFriedrich, A.C., Neidlein, R., Helv. Chim. Acta 80(5): 1639-47 (1997).

Measurement of the density of OH free radicals in magnetized sheet plasma crossed with vertical gas flow.
Tonegawa, A., Takatori, M., Kobayashi, Y., Ichiba, M., Miyasaka, H., Kawamura, K., Takayama, K., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 1 36(7B): 4682-5 (1997).

Microporous solids - Cobalt caged for catalysis.
Bedard, R.L., Nature 388(6644): 715-6 (1997).

Hydrothermal syntheses and structural characterization of zeolite analogue compounds based on cobalt phosphate.
Feng, P.Y., Bu, X.H., Stucky, G.D., Nature 388(6644): 735-41 (1997).


Multiphase Systems

Immobilization cleavage of DNA at cationic, self-assembled monolayers containing C60 on gold.
Higashi, N., Inoue, T., Niwa, M., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (16): 1507-8 (1997).

Reaction pathways in surface femtochemistry: routes to desorption and reaction in CO/O2/Pt(111).
Finlay, R.J., Her, T.H., Wu, C., Mazur, E., Chem. Phys. Lett. 274(5-6): 499-504 (1997).

Oxidative damage to nucleic acids photosensitized by titanium dioxide.
Wamer, W.G., Yin, J.-J., Wei, R.R., Free Radical Biol. Med. 23(6): 851-8 (1997).

Novel sensitisers for photovoltaic cells. Structural variations of Ru(II) complexes containing 2,6-bis(1-methylbenzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine.
Ruile, S., Kohle, O., Pechy, P., Gratzel, M., Inorg. Chim. Acta 261(2): 129-40 (1997).

Direct observation of cumyl cations in nonacidic zeolites. Absolute lifetime and reactivity with coabsorbed alcohols.
Cozens, F.L., ONeill, M., Schepp, N.P., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(32): 7583-4 (1997).

Reflection-absorption IR spectroscopic investigation of the photolysis of thin films of dichlorine monoxide and chlorine dioxide.
Gane, M.P., Williams, N.A., Sodeau, J.R., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(16): 2747-54 (1997).

Structural characterization of mixed-stack charge transfer films of 2-octadecyl-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane and 5,10-dimethyl-5,10-dihydrophenazine prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique and donor doping. 1. Molecular orientation and structure investigated by ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared and infrared spectroscopies and x-ray diffraction.
Wang, Y., Nichogi, K., Iriyama, K., Ozaki, Y., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6367-71 (1997).

Structural characterization of mixed-stack charge transfer films of 2-octadecyl-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane and 5,10-dimethyl-5,10-dihydrophenazine prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique and donor doping. 2. Morphology and annealing effects investigated by atomic force microscopy and ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared, and infrared spectroscopies.
Wang, Y., Nichogi, K., Iriyama, K., Ozaki, Y., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6372-8 (1997).

Structural characterization of mixed-stack charge transfer films of 2-octadecyl-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane and 5,10-dimethyl-5,10-dihydrophenazine prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique and donor doping. 3. Thickness dependence of thermal behavior investigated by ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared and infrared spectroscopies and X-ray diffraction.
Wang, Y., Nichogi, K., Iriyama, K., Ozaki, Y., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6379-83 (1997).

Unique effects of iron(III) ions on photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical properties of titanium dioxide.
Ohno, T., Haga, D., Fujihara, K., Kaizaki, K., Matsumura, M., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6415-9 (1997).


Polymers

Palladium catalysed polymerization of aryl diiodides with acetylene gas in aqueous medium: a novel synthesis of areneethynylene polymers and oligomers.
Li, C.J., Slaven, W.T., John, V.T., Banerjee, S., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (16): 1569-70 (1997).

Radiation synthesis of polypropylene amidoxime chelate fiber and its adsorption properties for metal ions.
Yao, Z., Yang, H., Xu, J., J. Radiat. Res. Radiat. Process. (Fushe Yanjiu Yu Fushe Gongyi Xuebao) 15(3): 134-8 (1997).

The study on radiation-induced graft copolymerization of methacrylamide onto silk fabric.
Xiang, Z., Wan, D., J. Radiat. Res. Radiat. Process. (Fushe Yanjiu Yu Fushe Gongyi Xuebao) 15(3): 155-8 (1997).

The photoactive diazosulfonate group and its role in polymer chemistry.
Nuyken, O., Voit, B., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(8): 2337-72 (1997).

Illustration of surface crosslinking of different polymers treated in argon plasma.
PoncinEpaillard, F., Vallon, S., Drevillon, B., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(8): 2439-56 (1997).

Complex-radical cyclocopolymerization of allyl a-(N-maleimido)acetate with styrene and maleic anhydride.
Rzaev, Z.M.O., Salamova, U.U., Altindal, S., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(8): 2475-87 (1997).

Photo-cross-linkable poly(p-phenylene)s. Synthesis, Langmuir-Blodgett multilayer film properties and pattern formation.
Remmers, M., Neher, D., Wegner, G., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 198(8): 2551-61 (1997).

Orientational relaxation of transversely aligned nonlinear optical dipole moments to the main backbone in the linear polyurethane.
Tsutsumi, N., Matsumoto, O., Sakai, W., Macromolecules 30(16): 4584-9 (1997).

Synthesis of a polyphenylene-co-furan and polyphenylene-co-thiophene and comparison of their electroluminescent properties.
Saadeh, H., Goodson, T., Yu, L.P., Macromolecules 30(16): 4608-12 (1997).

Effects of acidity and methylation on the UV and fluorescence spectra of poly(pyridine)s in aqueous acidic solutions and in the solid state.
Yun, H., Kwei, T.K., Okamoto, Y., Macromolecules 30(16): 4633-8 (1997).

The mechanism of phenolic polymer dissolution: A new perspective.
Tsiartas, P.C., Flanagin, L.W., Henderson, C.L., Hinsberg, W.D., Sanchez, I.C., Bonnecaze, R.T., Willson, C.G., Macromolecules 30(16): 4656-64 (1997).

NMR analysis of UV- and heat-aged Nylon-6,6.
Krejsa, M.R., Udipi, K., Middleton, J.C., Macromolecules 30(16): 4695-703 (1997).

Propagation rate coefficients of styrene and methyl methacrylate in supercritical CO2.
vanHerk, A.M., Manders, B.G., Canelas, D.A., Quadir, M.A., DeSimone, J.M., Macromolecules 30(16): 4780-2 (1997).

Photochemical preparation of highly water-soluble pendant [60]fullerene-aminopolymers.
Sun, Y.-P., Liu, B., Lawson, G.E., Photochem. Photobiol. 66(3): 301-8 (1997).

Polymer luminescence - Those blinking single molecules.
Moerner, W.E., Science (Washington, D. C.) 277(5329): 1059-60 (1997).

Discrete intensity jumps and intramolecular electronic energy transfer in the spectroscopy of single conjugated polymer molecules.
VandenBout, D.A., Yip, W.T., Hu, D.H., Fu, D.K., Swager, T.M., Barbara, P.F., Science (Washington, D. C.) 277(5329): 1074-7 (1997).


Biological and Medical Aspects

Towards artificial DNA-repair enzymes: Incorporation of a flavin amino acid into DNA-binding oligopeptides.
Carell, T., Butenandt, J., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 36(13-14): 1461-4 (1997).

Furfural, a precursor of the cytokinin hormone kinetin, and base propenals are formed by hydroxyl radical damage of DNA.
Barciszewski, J., Siboska, G.E., Pedersen, B.O., Clark, B.F.C., Rattan, S.I.S., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 238(2): 317-9 (1997).

Site-directed mutations of the 4Fe-ferredoxin from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus: Role of the cluster-coordinating aspartate in physiological electron transfer reactions.
Zhou, Z.H., Adams, M.W.W., Biochemistry 36(36): 10892-900 (1997).

Chromophore - anion interactions in halorhodopsin from Natronobacterium pharaonis probed by time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy.
Gerscher, S., Mylrajan, M., Hildebrandt, P., Baron, M.-H., Mueller, R., Engelhard, M., Biochemistry 36(36): 11012-20 (1997).

Erratum: Thermodynamic studies of the hybridization properties of photolesions in DNA. [Vol. 36, 1544 (1997)].
Fujiwara, Y., Iwai, S., Biochemistry 36(36): 11050 (1997).

Structure - function relationships in Anabaena ferrodoxin: Correlations between X-ray crystal structures, reduction potentials, and rate constants of electron transfer to ferredoxin:NADP+ reductase for site-specific ferredoxin mutants.
Hurley, J.K., Weber-Main, A.M., Stankovich, M.T., Benning, M.M., Thoden, J.B., Vanhooke, J.L., Holden, H.M., Chae, Y.K., Xia, B., Cheng, H., Markley, J.L., Martinez-Julvez, M., Gomez-Moreno, C., Schmeits, J.L., Tollin, G., Biochemistry 36(37): 11100-17 (1997).

Role of deprotonation events in ubihydroquinone:cytochrome c oxidoreductase from bovine heart and yeast mitochondria.
Brandt, U., Okun, J.G., Biochemistry 36(37): 11234-40 (1997).

Mechanism of carbon monoxide oxidation by the carbon monoxide dehydrogenase/acetyl-CoA synthase from Clostridium thermoaceticum: Kinetic characterization of the intermediates.
Seravalli, J., Kumar, M., Lu, W.-P., Ragsdale, S.W., Biochemistry 36(37): 11241-51 (1997).

The role of [beta]Arg-10 in the B800 bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoid pigment environment within the light-harvesting LH2 complex of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
Fowler, G.J.S., Hess, S., Pullerits, T., Sundstrom, V., Hunter, C.N., Biochemistry 36(37): 11282-91 (1997).

Fourier transform Raman investigation of the electronic structure and charge localization in a bacteriochlorophyll-bacteriopheophytin dimer of reaction centers from Rhodabacter sphaeroides.
Albouy, D., Kuhn, M., Williams, J.C., Allen, J.P., Lubitz, W., Mattioli, T.A., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1321(2): 137-48 (1997).

Light-induced electrogenic events associated with proton uptake upon forming QB- in bacterial wild-type and mutant reaction centers.
Brzezinski, P., Paddock, M.L., Okamura, M.Y., Feher, G., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1321(2): 149-56 (1997).

Investigations of Chl a aggregates cross-linked by dioxane in 3-methylpentane.
Oksanen, J.A.I., Zenkevich, E.I., Knyukshto, V.N., Pakalnis, S., Hynninen, P.H., Korppi-Tommola, J.E.I., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1321(2): 165-78 (1997).

Morphological and molecular changes in the unicellular green alga Dunaliella salina grown under supplemental UV-B radiation: cell characteristics and photosystem II damage and repair properties.
Masi, A., Melis, A., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1321(2): 183-93 (1997).

Electrogenic reduction of the primary electron donor P700+ in photosystem I by redox dyes.
Gourovskaya, K.N., Mamedov, M.D., Semenov, A.Y., FEBS Lett. 414(2): 193-6 (1997).

The iron-sulfur centers of the pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Methanosarcina barkeri (Fusaro).
Bock, A.K., Schonheit, P., Teixeira, M., FEBS Lett. 414(2): 209-12 (1997).

Bound water in the proton translocation mechanism of the haem-copper oxidases.
Riistama, S., Hummer, G., Wikstrom, M., FEBS Lett. 414(2): 275-80 (1997).

Nitric oxide ejects electrons from the binuclear centre of cytochrome c oxidase by reacting with oxidised copper: a general mechanism for the interaction of copper proteins with nitric oxide.
Cooper, C.E., Torres, J., Wilson, M.T., FEBS Lett. 414(2): 281-4 (1997).

Vectorial nature of redox Bohr effects in bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase.
Capitanio, N., Capitanio, G., Papa, S., FEBS Lett. 414(2): 414-8 (1997).

A Mechanism for the in vivo formation of N6-furfuryladenine, kinetin, as a secondary oxidative damage product of DNA.
Barciszewski, J., Siboska, G.E., Rattan, S.I.S., FEBS Lett. 414(2): 457-60 (1997).

Investigation of flavin-containing DNA-repair model compounds.
Epple, R., Wallenborn, E.U., Carell, T., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(32): 7440-51 (1997).

Sequence specific DNA cleavage by conjugates of benzotriazoles and minor groove binders.
Touami, S.M., Poon, C.C., Wender, P.A., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119(32): 7611-2 (1997).

Communication--A novel Go-mediated phototransduction cascade in scallop visual cells.
Kojima, D., Terakita, A., Shichida, Y., J. Biol. Chem. 272(37): 22979-82 (1997).

Nitroxides increase the detectable amount of nitric oxide released from endothelial cells.
Zollner, S., Haseloff, R.F., Rubanyi, G.M., J. Biol. Chem. 272(37): 23076-80 (1997).

Existence of two heme B centers in cytochrome b561 from bovine adrenal chromaffin vesicles as revealed by a new purification procedure and EPR spectroscopy.
Tsubaki, M., Nakayama, M., Hori, H., J. Biol. Chem. 272(37): 23206-10 (1997).

Yeast DNA repair proteins Rad6 and Rad18 form a heterodimer that has ubiquitin conjugating, DNA binding, and ATP hydrolytic activities.
Bailly, V., Lauder, S., Prakash, L., J. Biol. Chem. 272(37): 23360-5 (1997).

Sites of UV-induced phosphorylation of the p34 subunit of replication protein A from HeLa cells.
Zernik-Kobak, M., Vasunia, K., Dixon, K., J. Biol. Chem. 272(38): 23896-904 (1997).

pH-dependent formation of 5-aminolaevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX in fibrosarcoma cells.
Fuchs, C., Riesenberg, R., Siegert, J., Baumgartner, R., J. Photochem. Photobiol., B 40(1): 49-54 (1997).

Photoacoustically monitored thermal energy dissipation and xanthophyll cycle carotenoids in higher plant leaves.
Havaux, M., Tardy, F., J. Photochem. Photobiol., B 40(1): 68-75 (1997).

Redetermination of the quantum yield of photoisomerization and energy content in the K-intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin photocycle and its mutants by the photoacoustic technique.
Logunov, S.L., ElSayed, M.A., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6629-33 (1997).

Protein and ligand environments of the S2 state in photosynthetic oxygen evolution: A difference FT-IR study.
Steenhuis, J.J., Barry, B.A., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6652-60 (1997).

Erratum: CO2 fixation and photoevolution of H2 and O2 in a mutant of Chlamydomonas lacking photosystem I [Vol 376, pg 438, 1995].
Greenbaum, E., Lee, J.W., Tevault, C.V., Blankinship, S.L., Mets, L.J., Nature 388(6644): 808- (1997).


Industrial and Environmental Applications

The reactions of NO2+ in association with heterogeneous water clusters.
Angel, L., Stace, A.J., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 93(16): 2769-73 (1997).

Development and characterization of a new compact microwave radical beam source.
Den, S., OKeeffe, P., Hayashi, Y., Ito, M., Hori, M., Goto, T., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 1 36(7B): 4588-92 (1997).

Atmospheric chemistry - Rising damp from small comets?
Kerr, R.A., Science (Washington, D. C.) 277(5329): 1033- (1997).


Theoretical Studies

The magnetic field influence on bridge-assisted electron transfer.
Petrov, E.G., Tolokh, I.S., Gorbach, V.V., May, V., Chem. Phys. 220(3): 249-60 (1997).

A contribution to the theory of OD EPR of spin-correlated radical pairs.
Salikhov, K.M., Sakaguchi, Y., Hayashi, H., Chem. Phys. 220(3): 355-71 (1997).

Theoretical parameters to characterize antioxidants. 1. The case of vitamin E and analogs.
Migliavacca, E., Carrupt, P.A., Testa, B., Helv. Chim. Acta 80(5): 1613-26 (1997).

Quantitative interpretation of the Goodenough-Kanamori rules: A critical analysis.
Weihe, H., Gudel, H.U., Inorg. Chem. 36(17): 3632-9 (1997).

Structural modeling and magneto-structural correlations for hydroxo-bridged copper(II) binuclear complexes.
Ruiz, E., Alemany, P., Alvarez, S., Cano, J., Inorg. Chem. 36(17): 3683-8 (1997).

Analysis of exchange interaction and electron delocalization as intramolecular determinants of intermolecular electron-transfer kinetics.
Bominaar, E.L., Achim, C., Borshch, S.A., Girerd, J.J., Munck, E., Inorg. Chem. 36(17): 3689-701 (1997).

Interplay of geminate and bimolecular reactions in multistage electron and energy transfer.
Burshtein, A.I., Frantsuzov, P.A., J. Chem. Phys. 107(8): 2872-80 (1997).

The short-time intramolecular dynamics of solutes in liquids. 2. Vibrational population relaxation.
Goodyear, G., Stratt, R.M., J. Chem. Phys. 107(8): 3098-120 (1997).

A new definition of cavities for the computation of solvation free energies by the polarizable continuum model.
Barone, V., Cossi, M., Tomasi, J., J. Chem. Phys. 107(8): 3210-21 (1997).

New look at free radical addition to olefins using local reactivity indices.
Chandra, A.K., Nguyen, M.T., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 (8): 1415-7 (1997).

A model for the intermolecular interactions of the hydrogen bond that incorporates its spectroscopic properties.
Qian, W.L., Krimm, S., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(33): 5825-7 (1997).

Excited state intramolecular proton transfer in anionic analogues of malonaldehyde.
Scheiner, S., Kar, T., Cuma, M., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(33): 5901-9 (1997).

Erratum: Valence bond and molecular orbital descriptions of the three-electron bond. [Vol 101, 2496 (1997)].
Harcourt, R.D., J. Phys. Chem. A 101(33): 5962 (1997).

Evidence for dynamic heterogeneity near T-g from the time-resolved inhomogeneous broadening of optical line shapes.
Richert, R., J. Phys. Chem. B 101(33): 6323-6 (1997).

Quantitative theory of free-radical copolymerization allowing for the phenomenon of preferential sorption.
Kuchanov, S.I., Russo, S., Macromolecules 30(16): 4511-9 (1997).

Resonant pattern formation in a chemical system.
Petrov, V., Ouyang, Q., Swinney, H.L., Nature 388(6643): 655-7 (1997).

Inverse filtering and linear prediction as new analytical approaches to analyze the change of absorbance spectra in visible spectroscopy: in vivo study of protochlorophyll(ide) phototransformation.
Salvetat, R., Eullaffroy, P., Popovic, R., Photochem. Photobiol. 66(3): 309-15 (1997).


Reviews

Cytochrome bd terminal oxidase.
Junemann, S., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1321(2): 107-27 (1997).


E-mail: ndrlrcdc.1@nd.edu
Author: K.P. Madden
Created: 7/2/97 Updated: 2/10/98