a b s t r a c tThe sequential Monte Carlo/CASPT2 approach was employed to investigate deactivation and emission processes from the lowest-lying pp * and np * excited states of 9H-adenine in aqueous solution. It is found that conical intersections connecting the pp* and np* states with the ground state are also present in solution, whereas the barriers for the deactivation paths are significantly smaller on solvated conditions. The large destabilization of the np* state found in solution possibly prevents its involvement in the deactivation photophysics and explains the change from a bi-to a mono-exponential decay for the molecule in the gas phase and solution, respectively.
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