When does cytosine dimerize? a protonation window for the charge- and resonance-assisted [CytH + …Cyt] synthon
- 9 June 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Vol. 28 (27) , 16430-16433
Abstract
This study defines an operational protonation window for selecting the cytosinium–cytosine [CytH + …Cyt] synthon in nitrocarboxylate salts.Keywords
Funding Information
- Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province
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