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A Ditopic Ion‐Pair Receptor Based on Stacked Nucleobase Quartets
Author(s) -
van der Wijst Tushar,
Fonseca Guerra Célia,
Swart Marcel,
Bickelhaupt F. Matthias,
Lippert Bernhard
Publication year - 2009
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/anie.200900057
Subject(s) - nucleobase , guanine , stacking , aqueous solution , chemistry , ion , salt (chemistry) , computation , stereochemistry , crystallography , algorithm , dna , biochemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , nucleotide , gene
Abstract Pass the salt, please! State‐of‐the‐art computations indicate that the stacking complex of a guanine quartet and an adenine quartet (G 4 A 4 ) can function as a potent ditopic receptor for NaCl in aqueous solution (see picture; Na + , Cl − yellow, O red, N blue, C black, H white).