List of works - Janusz Rak

5-(N-Trifluoromethylcarboxy)aminouracil as a Potential DNA Radiosensitizer and Its Radiochemical Conversion into N-Uracil-5-yloxamic Acid

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

5-Bromo-2'-deoxycytidine-a potential DNA photosensitizer.

scientific article published in October 2016

5-Iodo-4-thio-2'-Deoxyuridine as a Sensitizer of X-ray Induced Cancer Cell Killing ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

5-Selenocyanatouracil: A Potential Hypoxic Radiosensitizer. Electron Attachment Induced Formation of Selenium Centered Radical

scientific article published on 2 June 2017

5-Thiocyanato-2'-deoxyuridine as a possible radiosensitizer: electron-induced formation of uracil-C5-thiyl radical and its dimerization.

scientific article published on June 2015

AT base pair anions versus (9-methyl-A)(1-methyl-T) base pair anions.

scientific article published in May 2005

Absorption and luminescence spectroscopic analysis of tautomeric forms of protonatedN,N-dimethyl-N'-(1-nitro-9-acridinyl)-1,3-propanediamine (nitracrine) and its nitro isomers in poly(vinyl alcohol) films

scientific article published on 01 March 1991

An ESR and DFT study of hydration of the 2'-deoxyuridine-5-yl radical: a possible hydroxyl radical intermediate.

scientific article

Anion of the formic acid dimer as a model for intermolecular proton transfer induced by a pi* excess electron

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Artificial plasmid labeled with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine: a universal molecular system for strand break detection

scientific article published on 21 May 2014

Barrier-free intermolecular proton transfer induced by excess electron attachment to the complex of alanine with uracil.

scientific article

Barrier-free proton transfer in the valence anion of 2'-deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphate. II. A computational study.

scientific article

Barrier-free proton transfer induced by electron attachment to the complexes between 1‐methylcytosine and formic acid

Benign decay vs. photolysis in the photophysics and photochemistry of 5-bromouracil. A computational study

scientific article published in May 2009

Calculation of quantum-mechanical descriptors for QSPR at the DFT level: is it necessary?

scientific article

Can an excess electron localize on a purine moiety in the adenine-thymine Watson-Crick base pair? A computational study

Chemically-enzymatic synthesis of photosensitive DNA.

scientific article

DHPLC and MS studies of a photoinduced intrastrand cross-link in DNA labeled with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine.

scientific article published on 14 November 2013

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of betulin-3-yl 2-amino-2-deoxy-β-d-glycopyranosides

scientific article published on 11 January 2020

Dominant Pathways of Adenosyl Radical-Induced DNA Damage Revealed by QM/MM Metadynamics.

scientific article

Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on Barrier-Free Proton Transfer in Anionic Complexes of Uracil with Weak Acids: (U…HCN)−versus (U…H2S)−

Electron induced single strand break and cyclization: a DFT study on the radiosensitization mechanism of the nucleotide of 8-bromoguanine.

scientific article published on 26 February 2014

Electron-Induced Dissociation of the Potential Radiosensitizer 5-Selenocyanato-2'-deoxyuridine

scientific article published on 05 February 2019

Electron-induced degradation of 8-bromo-2'-deoxyadenosine 3',5'-diphosphate, a DNA radiosensitizing nucleotide.

scientific article published on 10 July 2013

Electron-induced elimination of the bromide anion from brominated nucleobases. A computational study

scientific article published on 03 May 2012

Electrophilic 5-Substituted Uracils as Potential Radiosensitizers: A Density Functional Theory Study

scientific article published on 8 May 2016

Enzymatic synthesis of long double-stranded DNA labeled with haloderivatives of nucleobases in a precisely pre-determined sequence

scientific article

Excess Electron Attachment to the Nucleoside Pair 2'-Deoxyadenosine (dA)-2'-Deoxythymidine (dT).

scientific article

Findings on the electron-attachment-induced abasic site in a DNA double helix

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Fundamental mechanisms of DNA radiosensitization: damage induced by low-energy electrons in brominated oligonucleotide trimers

scientific article

Interaction with glycine increases stability of a mutagenic tautomer of uracil. A density functional theory study.

scientific article published in February 2005

Intermolecular proton transfer in anionic complexes of uracil with alcohols

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Intermolecular proton transfer induced by excess electron attachment to adenine(formic acid)n (n=2, 3) hydrogen-bonded complexes

Irreversible electron attachment--a key to DNA damage by solvated electrons in aqueous solution

scientific article published on 01 November 2015

Local Excitation of the 5-Bromouracil Chromophore in DNA. Computational and UV Spectroscopic Studies

scientific article published on 28 March 2011

Low-Energy Tautomers and Conformers of Neutral and Protonated Arginine ⬇️

scientific article published on November 28, 2001

Low-energy electron-induced decomposition of 5-trifluoromethanesulfonyl-uracil: A potential radiosensitizer

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Low-energy-barrier proton transfer induced by electron attachment to the guanine...cytosine base pair

scientific article published in March 2010

Mechanisms of Damage to DNA Labeled with Electrophilic Nucleobases Induced by Ionizing or UV Radiation.

scientific article published on 24 June 2015

Molecular features of thymidine analogues governing the activity of human thymidine kinase

On the unusual stability of valence anions of thymine based on very rare tautomers: A computational study

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

PCR synthesis of double stranded DNA labeled with 5-bromouridine. A step towards finding a bromonucleoside for clinical trials.

scientific article

Photoelectron spectroscopic and density functional theoretical studies of the 2'-deoxycytidine homodimer radical anion.

scientific article published in August 2013

Photoelectron spectroscopic studies of 5-halouracil anions.

scientific article

Photoelectron spectroscopy and computational modeling of thymidine homodimer anions

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory studies on the uridine homodimer radical anions

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Photoelectron spectroscopy of adiabatically bound valence anions of rare tautomers of the nucleic acid bases

scientific article published in November 2007

Photoinduced electron transfer in 5-bromouracil labeled DNA. A contrathermodynamic mechanism revisited by electron transfer theories

scientific article published in 2019

Photoinduced single strand breaks and intrastrand cross-links in an oligonucleotide labeled with 5-bromouracil.

scientific article

Presolvated low energy electron attachment to peptide methyl esters in aqueous solution: C-O bond cleavage at 77 K

scientific article published on 28 February 2013

Quantitative assay of photoinduced DNA strand breaks by real-time PCR.

scientific article published on 18 June 2016

Quasidegeneracy of Zwitterionic and Canonical Tautomers of Arginine Solvated by an Excess Electron ⬇️

scientific article published on November 7, 2001

Radiation damage to single stranded oligonucleotide trimers labelled with 5-iodopyrimidines

scientific article published on 01 October 2016

Radicals formed in N-acetylproline by electron attachment: electron spin resonance spectroscopy and computational studies

scientific article published on 21 November 2011

Reactivity pattern of bromonucleosides induced by 2-hydroxypropyl radicals: photochemical, radiation chemical, and computational studies

scientific article

Single strand break in DNA coupled to the O-P bond cleavage. A computational study

scientific article published on 04 February 2011

Stability of the valence anion of cytosine is governed by nucleobases sequence in the double stranded DNA pi-stack: A computational study

scientific article published in August 2009

Stabilization of very rare tautomers of 1-methylcytosine by an excess electron.

scientific article

Stabilization of very rare tautomers of uracil by an excess electron.

scientific article published in May 2005

TG-FTIR, DSC, and quantum-chemical studies on the thermal decomposition of quaternary ethylammonium halides

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

The Product of Matrix Metalloproteinase Cleavage of Doxorubicin Conjugate for Anticancer Drug Delivery: Calorimetric, Spectroscopic, and Molecular Dynamics Studies on Peptide-Doxorubicin Binding to DNA

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

The Sequence Dependence of Photoinduced Single Strand Break in 5-Bromo-2'-deoxyuridine Labeled DNA Supports That Electron Transfer Is Responsible for the Damage.

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

The Transformation Mechanism of 3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-2-deoxy-D-arabino-hex-1-enitol in Water.

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The anionic (9-methyladenine)-(1-methylthymine) base pair solvated by formic acid. A computational and photoelectron spectroscopy study.

scientific article published on September 2010

The radiosensitivity of 5- and 6-bromocytidine derivatives--electron induced DNA degradation

scientific article published on 01 September 2014

Theoretical studies on interactions between low energy electrons and protein–DNA fragments: valence anions of AT-amino acids side chain complexes

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

Toward an Understanding of the Chemiluminescence Accompanying the Reaction of 9-Carboxy-10-methylacridinium Phenyl Ester with Hydrogen Peroxide

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

UV-induced electron transfer between triethylamine and 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine. A puzzle concerning the photochemical debromination of labeled DNA.

scientific article

Unexpected photoproduct generated via the acetone-sensitized photolysis of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine in a water/isopropanol solution: experimental and computational studies

scientific article published on 30 November 2010

Uracil-5-yl O-Sulfamate - an Illusive Radiosensitizer. On the Pitfalls in Modeling the Radiosensitizing Derivatives of Nucleobases

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

Valence anion of thymine in the DNA pi-stack.

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Valence anions in complexes of adenine and 9-methyladenine with formic acid: stabilization by intermolecular proton transfer

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Valence anions of 9-methylguanine-1-methylcytosine complexes. Computational and photoelectron spectroscopy studies.

scientific article published in February 2009

Valence anions of N-acetylproline in the gas phase: computational and anion photoelectron spectroscopic studies

scientific article published in September 2011

Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity of Ionic Liquid TiO2 Spheres: Effect of the Ionic Liquid's Anion Structure

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Why Does the Type of Halogen Atom Matter for the Radiosensitizing Properties of 5-Halogen Substituted 4-Thio-2'-Deoxyuridines?

scientific article published on 02 August 2019

List of works by Janusz Rak

5-(N-Trifluoromethylcarboxy)aminouracil as a Potential DNA Radiosensitizer and Its Radiochemical Conversion into N-Uracil-5-yloxamic Acid

5-Bromo-2'-deoxycytidine-a potential DNA photosensitizer.

5-Iodo-4-thio-2'-Deoxyuridine as a Sensitizer of X-ray Induced Cancer Cell Killing ⬇️

5-Selenocyanatouracil: A Potential Hypoxic Radiosensitizer. Electron Attachment Induced Formation of Selenium Centered Radical

5-Thiocyanato-2'-deoxyuridine as a possible radiosensitizer: electron-induced formation of uracil-C5-thiyl radical and its dimerization.

AT base pair anions versus (9-methyl-A)(1-methyl-T) base pair anions.

Absorption and luminescence spectroscopic analysis of tautomeric forms of protonatedN,N-dimethyl-N'-(1-nitro-9-acridinyl)-1,3-propanediamine (nitracrine) and its nitro isomers in poly(vinyl alcohol) films

An ESR and DFT study of hydration of the 2'-deoxyuridine-5-yl radical: a possible hydroxyl radical intermediate.

Anion of the formic acid dimer as a model for intermolecular proton transfer induced by a pi* excess electron

Artificial plasmid labeled with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine: a universal molecular system for strand break detection

Barrier-free intermolecular proton transfer induced by excess electron attachment to the complex of alanine with uracil.

Barrier-free proton transfer in the valence anion of 2'-deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphate. II. A computational study.

Barrier-free proton transfer induced by electron attachment to the complexes between 1‐methylcytosine and formic acid

Benign decay vs. photolysis in the photophysics and photochemistry of 5-bromouracil. A computational study

Calculation of quantum-mechanical descriptors for QSPR at the DFT level: is it necessary?

Can an excess electron localize on a purine moiety in the adenine-thymine Watson-Crick base pair? A computational study

Chemically-enzymatic synthesis of photosensitive DNA.

DHPLC and MS studies of a photoinduced intrastrand cross-link in DNA labeled with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine.

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of betulin-3-yl 2-amino-2-deoxy-β-d-glycopyranosides

Dominant Pathways of Adenosyl Radical-Induced DNA Damage Revealed by QM/MM Metadynamics.

Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on Barrier-Free Proton Transfer in Anionic Complexes of Uracil with Weak Acids: (U…HCN)−versus (U…H2S)−

Electron induced single strand break and cyclization: a DFT study on the radiosensitization mechanism of the nucleotide of 8-bromoguanine.

Electron-Induced Dissociation of the Potential Radiosensitizer 5-Selenocyanato-2'-deoxyuridine

Electron-induced degradation of 8-bromo-2'-deoxyadenosine 3',5'-diphosphate, a DNA radiosensitizing nucleotide.

Electron-induced elimination of the bromide anion from brominated nucleobases. A computational study

Electrophilic 5-Substituted Uracils as Potential Radiosensitizers: A Density Functional Theory Study

Enzymatic synthesis of long double-stranded DNA labeled with haloderivatives of nucleobases in a precisely pre-determined sequence

Excess Electron Attachment to the Nucleoside Pair 2'-Deoxyadenosine (dA)-2'-Deoxythymidine (dT).

Findings on the electron-attachment-induced abasic site in a DNA double helix

Fundamental mechanisms of DNA radiosensitization: damage induced by low-energy electrons in brominated oligonucleotide trimers

Interaction with glycine increases stability of a mutagenic tautomer of uracil. A density functional theory study.

Intermolecular proton transfer in anionic complexes of uracil with alcohols

Intermolecular proton transfer induced by excess electron attachment to adenine(formic acid)n (n=2, 3) hydrogen-bonded complexes

Irreversible electron attachment--a key to DNA damage by solvated electrons in aqueous solution

Local Excitation of the 5-Bromouracil Chromophore in DNA. Computational and UV Spectroscopic Studies

Low-Energy Tautomers and Conformers of Neutral and Protonated Arginine ⬇️

Low-energy electron-induced decomposition of 5-trifluoromethanesulfonyl-uracil: A potential radiosensitizer

Low-energy-barrier proton transfer induced by electron attachment to the guanine...cytosine base pair

Mechanisms of Damage to DNA Labeled with Electrophilic Nucleobases Induced by Ionizing or UV Radiation.

Molecular features of thymidine analogues governing the activity of human thymidine kinase

On the unusual stability of valence anions of thymine based on very rare tautomers: A computational study

PCR synthesis of double stranded DNA labeled with 5-bromouridine. A step towards finding a bromonucleoside for clinical trials.

Photoelectron spectroscopic and density functional theoretical studies of the 2'-deoxycytidine homodimer radical anion.

Photoelectron spectroscopic studies of 5-halouracil anions.

Photoelectron spectroscopy and computational modeling of thymidine homodimer anions

Photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory studies on the uridine homodimer radical anions

Photoelectron spectroscopy of adiabatically bound valence anions of rare tautomers of the nucleic acid bases

Photoinduced electron transfer in 5-bromouracil labeled DNA. A contrathermodynamic mechanism revisited by electron transfer theories

Photoinduced single strand breaks and intrastrand cross-links in an oligonucleotide labeled with 5-bromouracil.

Presolvated low energy electron attachment to peptide methyl esters in aqueous solution: C-O bond cleavage at 77 K

Quantitative assay of photoinduced DNA strand breaks by real-time PCR.

Quasidegeneracy of Zwitterionic and Canonical Tautomers of Arginine Solvated by an Excess Electron ⬇️

Radiation damage to single stranded oligonucleotide trimers labelled with 5-iodopyrimidines

Radicals formed in N-acetylproline by electron attachment: electron spin resonance spectroscopy and computational studies

Reactivity pattern of bromonucleosides induced by 2-hydroxypropyl radicals: photochemical, radiation chemical, and computational studies

Single strand break in DNA coupled to the O-P bond cleavage. A computational study

Stability of the valence anion of cytosine is governed by nucleobases sequence in the double stranded DNA pi-stack: A computational study

Stabilization of very rare tautomers of 1-methylcytosine by an excess electron.

Stabilization of very rare tautomers of uracil by an excess electron.

TG-FTIR, DSC, and quantum-chemical studies on the thermal decomposition of quaternary ethylammonium halides

The Product of Matrix Metalloproteinase Cleavage of Doxorubicin Conjugate for Anticancer Drug Delivery: Calorimetric, Spectroscopic, and Molecular Dynamics Studies on Peptide-Doxorubicin Binding to DNA

The Sequence Dependence of Photoinduced Single Strand Break in 5-Bromo-2'-deoxyuridine Labeled DNA Supports That Electron Transfer Is Responsible for the Damage.

The Transformation Mechanism of 3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-1,5-anhydro-2-deoxy-D-arabino-hex-1-enitol in Water.

The anionic (9-methyladenine)-(1-methylthymine) base pair solvated by formic acid. A computational and photoelectron spectroscopy study.

The radiosensitivity of 5- and 6-bromocytidine derivatives--electron induced DNA degradation

Theoretical studies on interactions between low energy electrons and protein–DNA fragments: valence anions of AT-amino acids side chain complexes

Toward an Understanding of the Chemiluminescence Accompanying the Reaction of 9-Carboxy-10-methylacridinium Phenyl Ester with Hydrogen Peroxide

UV-induced electron transfer between triethylamine and 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine. A puzzle concerning the photochemical debromination of labeled DNA.

Unexpected photoproduct generated via the acetone-sensitized photolysis of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine in a water/isopropanol solution: experimental and computational studies

Uracil-5-yl O-Sulfamate - an Illusive Radiosensitizer. On the Pitfalls in Modeling the Radiosensitizing Derivatives of Nucleobases

Valence anion of thymine in the DNA pi-stack.

Valence anions in complexes of adenine and 9-methyladenine with formic acid: stabilization by intermolecular proton transfer

Valence anions of 9-methylguanine-1-methylcytosine complexes. Computational and photoelectron spectroscopy studies.

Valence anions of N-acetylproline in the gas phase: computational and anion photoelectron spectroscopic studies

Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity of Ionic Liquid TiO2 Spheres: Effect of the Ionic Liquid's Anion Structure

Why Does the Type of Halogen Atom Matter for the Radiosensitizing Properties of 5-Halogen Substituted 4-Thio-2'-Deoxyuridines?