Table 11.

Spectroscopic Properties of Native Nucleosides and Nucleotides in Water^a

#	Name	λmax (ε)	λem	Φ	τ
6.1	A	260 (14.9)	310	5 × 10−5	0.53
	AMP	259 (15.4)	312	5 × 10−5	0.52
6.2	T	267 (9.7)	327	10 × 10−5	0.70
	TMP	267 (10.2)	330	12 × 10−5	0.98
6.3	G	253 (13.6)	-	-	0.69
	GMP	252 (13.7)	340	0.8 × 10−5	0.86
6.4	C	271 (9.1)	324	7 × 10−5	0.76
	CMP	271 (9.1)	330	12 × 10−5	0.95

^aλ, ε, and τ are in nm, 10³ M⁻¹ cm⁻¹, and ps, data from Johnson and Sprecher,⁴²⁵ Callis⁴²⁶ and Peon and Zewail⁴¹⁸, respectively.