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Self‐Complementary Metal Complexes Containing a DNA Base Pair
Author(s) -
Price Clayton,
Horrocks Benjamin R.,
Mayeux Annabelle,
Elsegood Mark R. J.,
Clegg William,
Houlton Andrew
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20020315)41:6<1047::aid-anie1047>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - stacking , thymine , base pair , chemistry , dna , pairing , stereochemistry , nucleobase , solid state , ligand (biochemistry) , metal , base (topology) , crystallography , biochemistry , physics , mathematics , organic chemistry , receptor , mathematical analysis , superconductivity , quantum mechanics
Hoogsteen base pairing between coordinated adenine (A) and pendant thymine (T) residues of the Pt complex of a dithioether ligand bearing A and T groups results in the formation of infinite chains in the solid state (see picture). The chains are further involved in π–π stacking interactions.