Estimation of gas-phase acidities of deoxyribonucleosides: an experimental and theoretical study

Kumari, Sangeeta ; Lavanya Devi, Chebrolu ; Prabhakar, Sripadi ; Bhanuprakash, Kotamarthi ; Vairamani, Mariappanadar (2010) Estimation of gas-phase acidities of deoxyribonucleosides: an experimental and theoretical study Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 21 (1). pp. 136-143. ISSN 1044-0305

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Abstract

We determined the gas-phase acidities (ΔHacid) of four deoxyribonucleosides, i.e., 2′-deoxyadenosine (dA), 2′-deoxyguanosine (dG), 2′-deoxycytidine (dC), and 2′-deoxythymidine (dT) by applying the extended kinetic method. The negatively charged proton-bound hetero-dimeric anions, [A - H - B]- of the deoxyribonucleosides (A) and reference compounds (B) were generated under electrospray ionization conditions. Collision-induced dissociation spectra of [A - H - B]- were recorded at four different collision energies using a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. The abundance ratios of the individual monomeric product ions were used to determine the ΔHacid of the deoxyribonucleosides. The obtained ΔHacid value follows the order dA > dC > dT > dG. The ΔGacid (298 κ) values were determined by using ΔGacid = ΔHacid -TΔSacid where the ΔHacid and ΔSacid values were determined directly from the kinetic method plots. The ΔHacid values were also predicted for the deoxyribonucleosides at the B3LYP/6-311+G**//B3LYP/6-311G** level of theory. The acidity trend obtained from the computational investigation shows good agreement with that obtained experimentally by the extended kinetic method. Theoretical calculations provided the most preferred deprotonation site as C5'-OH from sugar moiety in case of dA, and as -NH2 (dC and dG) or -NH- (dT) from nitrogenous base moiety in the case of other deoxyribonucleosides.

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