Sulfur‐substituted nucleobases (aka, thiobases) are among the world's leading prescriptions
for chemotherapy and immunosuppression. Long‐term treatment with azathioprine, 6 …

We concisely review the main methodological approaches to model nonadiabatic dynamics
in isotropic solutions and their applications. Three general classes of models are identified …

Heavy-atom-free photosensitizers (HAF-PSs) based on thionation of carbonyl groups of
readily accessible organic compounds are rapidly emerging as a versatile class of …

We combined sub-30 fs broadband transient absorption spectroscopy in the ultraviolet with
state-of-the-art quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics simulations to study the ultrafast …

Interest in understanding the photophysics and photochemistry of thiated nucleobases has
been awakened because of their possible involvement in primordial RNA or their potential …

Single-atom substitution within a natural nucleobase—such as replacing oxygen by sulfur in
uracil—can result in drastic changes in the relaxation dynamics after UV excitation. While …

Damage to RNA from ultraviolet radiation induces chemical modifications to the
nucleobases. Unraveling the excited states involved in these reactions is essential; …

Sulfur-substituted nucleobases are DNA and RNA base derivatives that exhibit extremely
efficient photoinduced intersystem crossing (ISC) dynamics into the lowest-energy triplet …

Notwithstanding the central biological role of the (6-4) photoadduct in the induction of skin
cancer by sunlight, crucial mechanistic details about its formation have evaded …

All-organic, heavy-atom-free photosensitizers based on thionation of nucleobases are
receiving increased attention because they are easy to make, noncytotoxic, work both in the …