Chem. Commun. 55, 4015-4018 (2019)
Selective C–C and C–N bond activation in dopamine and norepinephrine under deep ultraviolet laser irradiation
Haiming Wu,ab Mengdi Guo,ab Mengzhou Yang,ab Zhixun Luo*ab and Klavs Hansenc
* Corresponding authors
a State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
E-mail: zxluo@iccas.ac.cn
b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
c Joint Center for Quantum Studies, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
Abstract
Utilizing a customized mass spectrometer, we analyze selective C–C bond and C–N bond activation in neurotransmitters dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) under deep ultraviolet laser irradiation.