The many facets of adenine: coordination, crystal patterns, and catalysis

S Verma, AK Mishra, J Kumar - Accounts of chemical research, 2010 - ACS Publications
Canonical purine− pyrimidine base pairs, the key to the complementary hydrogen bonding
in nucleic acids, are fundamental molecular recognition motifs crucial for the formation and …

Coordination polymers with nucleobases: From structural aspects to potential applications

P Amo-Ochoa, F Zamora - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
This review article focuses on the current state-of-the-art of coordination polymers using
nucleobases as ligands. It collects the literature already published in a comprehensive way …

A luminescent silver− adenine metallamacrocyclic quartet

CS Purohit, S Verma - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006 - ACS Publications
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Chemical Society ACS ACS Publications C&EN CAS Find my institution Log In Journal of …

Double-strand DNA cleavage by copper complexes of 2, 2′-dipyridyl with electropositive pendants

Y An, ML Tong, LN Ji, ZW Mao - Dalton Transactions, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Two highly charged cationic copper (II) complexes have been synthesized and
characterized structurally and spectroscopically:[Cu (L1) 2 (Br)](ClO4) 5 (1) and [Cu (L2) 2 …

Four-stranded coordination helices containing silver− adenine (purine) metallaquartets

CS Purohit, AK Mishra, S Verma - Inorganic chemistry, 2007 - ACS Publications
This Communication describes structures of a family of silver− adenine (purine)
metallaquartets that occur in a four-stranded coor-dination motif, bearing a close …

Synthesis and DNA cleavage properties of ternary Cu (II) complexes containing histamine and amino acids

PR Reddy, KS Rao, B Satyanarayana - Tetrahedron Letters, 2006 - Elsevier
The ternary complexes of [CuII (Hist)(Tyr)]+ 1 and [CuII (Hist)(Trp)]+ 2 have been
synthesized, structurally characterized and their DNA binding and cleavage abilities probed …

Pyrazolylcyclotriphosphazene containing pendant polymers: Synthesis, characterization, and phosphate ester hydrolysis using a Cu (II)-metalated cross-linked …

V Chandrasekhar, A Athimoolam, SG Srivatsan… - Inorganic …, 2002 - ACS Publications
A multi-pyrazolyl cyclotriphosphazene containing polymerizable group N3P3 (3, 5-Me2Pz) 5
(O− C6H4-p-C6H4-p-CH CH2)(2) has been prepared from the corresponding chloro …

Probing structural consequences of N9-alkylation in silver-adenine frameworks

AK Mishra, RK Prajapati, S Verma - Dalton Transactions, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
This communication explores the effect of varying substituent bulk at the N9 position of the
adenine moiety and its effect in dictating the structural aspects of silver-adenine frameworks …

Interaction of DNA with small molecules: Role of copper histidyl peptide complexes in DNA binding and hydrolytic cleavage

PR Reddy, A Shilpa - 2010 - nopr.niscpr.res.in
Deoxyribonucleic acid is the site of storage and retrieval of genetic information through
interaction with proteins and other small molecules. Hydrolysis of the phosphodiester bond …

Synthesis, structure and nuclease activity of copper complexes of disubstituted 2, 2′-bipyridine ligands bearing ammonium groups

JH Li, JT Wang, P Hu, LY Zhang, ZN Chen, ZW Mao… - Polyhedron, 2008 - Elsevier
A series of Cu (II) complexes of disubstituted 2, 2′-bipyridine bearing ammonium groups
[Cu (L1− 4) 2Br] 5+(1–4, L1=[5, 5′-(Me2NHCH2) 2-bpy] 2+, L2=[5, 5′-(Me3NCH2) 2-bpy] …