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Back Cover: A–T Base Pairs are More Stable Than G–C Base Pairs in a Hydrated Ionic Liquid (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 6/2012)
Author(s) -
TateishiKarimata Hisae,
Sugimoto Naoki
Publication year - 2012
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.201108253
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , base (topology) , base pair , molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid , cover (algebra) , dna , ionic bonding , ion , solvent , chemistry , organic base , choline , organic chemistry , biochemistry , catalysis , mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis
Hydrated ionic liquids are “green” solvents suitable for a wide range of reactions. In their Communication on page 1416 ff., H. Tateishi‐Karimata and N. Sugimoto show that A–T base pairs are more stable than G–C base pairs in choline dihydrogenphosphate because of specific interactions between the DNA bases and choline ions. Understanding the stabilities of Watson–Crick base pairs in this environmentally friendly solvent will be critical as nano‐biotechnology applications of DNA advance.