Table 1.

Electron attachment energies for 5′-dCMPH and the 5′-dTMPH

Process	EAad	VEA†	VDE‡
Gas phase
5′-dCMPH → 5′-dCMPH−	0.20 (0.34)	−0.11	0.85
5′-dTMPH → 5′-dTMPH−	0.28 (0.44)	0.01	0.99
3′-dCMPH → 3′-dCMPH−	0.33 (0.44)§	0.15§	1.28§
Aqueous solution¶
5′-dCMPH → 5′-dCMPH−	1.89	1.40	2.45
5′-dTMPH → 5′-dTMPH−	1.96	1.53	2.60
3′-dCMPH → 3′-dCMPH−	2.18§	1.72§	2.97§

Values are in eV. The values with zero point correction are given in parentheses.

^†VEA = E(neutral) − E(anion); the energies are evaluated based on the optimized neutral structures.

^‡VDE = E(neutral) − E(anion); the energies are evaluated based on the optimized anion structures.

^§Ref. 18.

^¶Polarizable continuum model (PCM), using water as solvent with ε = 78.39.