The development of metal base pairs is of immense importance for the construction of DNA nanostructures. Here we report the synthesis of a biaryl pyrazole-phenol nucleoside that forms in DNA a stable self-pair upon complexation of a Cu(II) ion. A sequence with five consecutive pyrazole nucleotides allows the complexation of five Cu(II) ions in a row.

The complexation behaviour of an imidazolium based ionic liquid surfactant (ILS) 3-methyl-1-dodecylimidazolium chloride, [C12mim][Cl], and its amide and ester functionalized counterparts 3-(2-(dodecylamino)-2-oxoethyl)-1-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride, [C12Amim][Cl], and 3-methyl-1-dodecyloxycarbonylmethylimidazolium chloride, [C12Emim][Cl], with a model protein gelatin (G) in aqueous soluti...

Complexation of Ag(i) cation to a series of substituted anthracenes (AN), phenanthrenes (PH), pyrenes (PY) and cyclopenta[a]phenanthrenes (CPaPH) was studied in competitive experiments by allowing PAHs to react in pairs with AgOTf. The resulting complexes were examined by electrospray mass spectrometry (ES-MS) to determine relative abundances of the corresponding monomeric and dimeric complexes...

A non-classic complexation mode was discovered upon spectroscopic, thermodynamic, crystallographic and computational studies of a β-cyclodextrin/propionic acid complex. A "fully immersed" complexation phenomenon, where both the guest's hydrophobic and polar moieties are located inside the host and are stabilized by it, was found and calculated as the most favorable configuration.

Complexation thermodynamics of UO22+ and a series N,N,N’,N’-tetraalkyl diglycolamide (TRDGA) ligands having alkyl chains –CH3 to –C6H13 were investigated in an ionic liquid (IL). The complexation constant for UO22+/DGA complex increased linearly with increasing chain length DGA from tetramethyl (logβ1 = 4.52, logβ2 8.01) tetrahexyl 5.62, 10.3). There two types species recorded the calorimetric ...

Characterization of metal complexation phenomena in seawater is a formidable challenge. Adequate characterization of inorganic complexation schemes is currently limited by a paucity of well-defined hydrolysis constant data for chemical species which are important in the weakly alkaline conditions of normal seawater. Other important problems include the neglect of equilibria involving ligands an...

In the present study, an investigation on the complex formation between mono- and divalent metal ions (Na+, K+, Li+ and Mg2+) in the form of salt with different podands using various solvents has been carried out.  Isolated complexes were characterized by different spectroscopic techniques viz. IR, NMR and elemental analysis. On the basis of ...

The characteristics of tryptophan phosphorescence from the NAD(H)-binding component (dI) component of Rhodospirillum rubrum transhydrogenase are described. This enzyme couples hydride transfer between NAD(H) and NADP(H) to proton translocation across a membrane and is only active as a dimer. Tryptophan phosphorescence spectroscopy is a sensitive technique for the detection of protein conformati...