Self-assembly of a bis(adeninyl)-Cu(I) complex: a cationic nucleobase duplex mimic

Miguel A Galindo, David Amantia, William Clegg, Ross W Harrington, Richard J Eyre, Jonathan P Goss, Patrick R Briddon, William McFarlane and Andrew Houlton
Chemical Communications
2009
2833–2835
2009
DOI

The tetrahedral bis(adeninyl)-Cu(I) complex, 1, self-associates in polar solvent through complementary hydrogen-bonding interactions and appears to mimic the natural assembly of duplex DNA.

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