Structures, physicochemical properties, and applications of T–HgII–T, C–AgI–C, and other metallo-base-pairs

Yoshiyuki Tanaka; Jiro Kondo; Vladimír Sychrovský; Jakub Šebera; Takenori Dairaku; Hisao Saneyoshi; Hidehito Urata; Hidetaka Torigoe; Akira Ono

doi:10.1039/C5CC02693H

Structures, physicochemical properties, and applications of T–Hg^II–T, C–Ag^I–C, and other metallo-base-pairs†

Yoshiyuki Tanaka,*^ab Jiro Kondo,^c Vladimír Sychrovský,^d Jakub Šebera,^de Takenori Dairaku,^b Hisao Saneyoshi,^f Hidehito Urata,^g Hidetaka Torigoe^h and Akira Ono*^f

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^a Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, 180 Nishihama-Boji, Yamashirocho, Tokushima, Tokushima 980-8578, Japan
E-mail: tanakay@ph.bunri-u.ac.jp

^b Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan

^c Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan

^d Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i, Flemingovo náměstí 2, Praha 6, Czech Republic

^e Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i, Na Slovance 2, CZ-182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic

^f Department of Material & Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8686, Japan
E-mail: akiraono@kanagawa-u.ac.jp

^g Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1094, Japan

^h Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan

Abstract

Recently, metal-mediated base-pairs (metallo-base-pairs) have been studied extensively with the aim of exploring novel base-pairs; their structures, physicochemical properties, and applications have been studied. This trend has become more evident after the discovery of Hg^II-mediated thymine–thymine (T–Hg^II–T) and Ag^I-mediated cytosine–cytosine (C–Ag^I–C) base-pairs. In this article, we focus on the basic science and applications of these metallo-base-pairs, which are composed of natural bases.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC02693H
Article type: Feature Article
Submitted: 01 Apr 2015
Accepted: 01 Oct 2015
First published: 14 Oct 2015

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Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 17343-17360

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Structures, physicochemical properties, and applications of T–Hg^II–T, C–Ag^I–C, and other metallo-base-pairs

Y. Tanaka, J. Kondo, V. Sychrovský, J. Šebera, T. Dairaku, H. Saneyoshi, H. Urata, H. Torigoe and A. Ono, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 17343 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02693H

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