title: Molecular recognition of 7-(2-octadecyloxycarbonylethyl)guanine to cytidine at the air/water interface and LB film studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: Monolayer behavior of a nucleolipid amphiphile, 7-(2-octadecyloxycarbonylethyl)guanine (ODCG), on aqueous cytidine solution was investigated by means of surface-molecular area (pi-A) isotherms. It indicates that molecular recognition by hydrogen bonding is present between ODCG monolayer and the cytidine in subphase. The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) transmission spectroscopic result indicates that the cytidine molecules in the subphase can be transferred onto solid substrates by Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique as a result of the formation of Watson-Crick base-pairing at the air/water interface. Investigation by rotating polarized FTIR transmission also suggests that the headgroup recognition of this amphiphile to the dissolved cytidine influence the orientation of the tailchains.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Mesoscopic Materials Science, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wangen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Xuzhong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yingqiu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D003562:Cytidine / Q000737:chemistry*; D006147:Guanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D003562:Cytidine; D006147:Guanine