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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Methods. 2009 May 4;49(2):101–111. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2009.04.016

Table 4.

Positions (cm−1) and assignment of major Raman difference bands observed in Raman difference spectra of [HDV pH 7.5] minus [HDV pH 5.0] and [CMP pH 6.0] minus [CMP pH 3.0]

HDV CMP

Wavenumber (cm−1) Assignment Wavenumber (cm−1) Assignment
1547 C+
1528 C 1529 C
1489/1473 G
1341 A
1298 C 1298 C
1258 C+ 1258 C+
983 PO32−
929 ribose
916/896 ribose
892 ribose
815 -O-P-O-
790 C+ 790 C+
780 C 778 C
728 A
599 C 599 C
323 Mg(H2O)x2+ (≤5)

C, neutral cytosine; C+, protonated cytosine; Mg(H2O)x2+ (x≤5), inner-sphere coordinated Mg-hydrate. The features assigned to the bases are due to ring modes. Reproduced with permission from [26]. (Copyright, American Chemical Society.)