title: Canonical and unconventional pairing schemes between bis(nucleobase) complexes of trans-a2PtII: artificial nucleobase quartets and C-H...N bonds.
abstract: If two nucleobases are crosslinked by trans-a(2)Pt(II), self-association via H bonding may take place either through individual bases or jointly through both bases. Due to the blockage of an acceptor site by the metal, the number of feasible pairing patterns can be reduced, and the preferred ones altered. If the metalated base pair as a whole undergoes association, base quartets can form. Various scenarios resulting from the application of guanine, hypoxanthine, and cytosine model nucleobases are discussed. Unconventional CH em leader N hydrogen bonding has been observed in several instances.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Chemie, Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Freisinger
authors.forename: Irene B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Rother
authors.forename: Marc Sven
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Luth
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lippert
mesh_terms: D020029:Base Pairing; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011687:Purines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011687:Purines; D011743:Pyrimidines