title: Directing spatial disposition of ferrocene around homoadenine tetrads.
abstract: We report synthesis and crystallographic studies of a ferrocenyl conjugate of adenine, where the hydrogen bonding interactions promote and stabilize nucleobase homotetrad formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016 (UP), India.
authors.forename: Jitendra
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Chandra Shekhar
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Purohit
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verma
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D000075163:Metallocenes; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D000075163:Metallocenes; D000225:Adenine; C004998:ferrocene