Inorg. Chem., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00672
Publication Date (Web): June 6, 2016
University of Zurich, Department of Chemistry, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00672
Synopsis
Unmodified
DNA oliogomers as ligands for copper(II) gave rise to unusual
coordination chemistry of the metal. We determined three X-ray crystal
structures of DNA hexamers with Cu(II), all having a different packing
mode. We report the first crystallographic structures of an
intramolecular O6,N7-chelate of a neutral guanine nucleobase to copper
(green), as well as the first structures involving meridional N,N,O and
N,O,N coordination of two guanines to copper.
Abstract
Many research groups study the generation of supramolecular n-dimensional
arrays by combining metals with DNA building blocks. Most of the time,
the natural nucleobases are modified to obtain higher-affinity metal
binding sites. Using unmodified nucleobases avoids a potentially
difficult synthesis; however, they have the possible disadvantage of a
less defined and/or weaker coordination mode of the metal. Structural
studies on the behavior of copper(II) as a linking metal and guanine as
the natural ligand for metals in unmodified DNA are reported.
Previously, the ability of mono- and dinuclear metal complexes to induce
Z-DNA has been explored [Medina-Molner, A.; Spingler, B. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 1961; Medina-Molner, A.; Rohner, M.; Pandiarajan, D.; Spingler, B. Dalton Trans. 2015,
44, 3664]. Herein, X-ray crystallographic studies of the structures
resulting from the combination of copper(II) ions with DNA hexamers of
the general sequence d(CG)3 are presented. Three different
packing motifs were observed in three crystal structures with
resolutions ranging from 2.15 to 1.45 Å. The motifs are dependent upon
other cations being present and/or the crystallization conditions. The
first examples of intramolecular O6,N7-chelates of a neutral purine
nucleobase to copper(II) were obtained as well as the first meridional
N,N,O and N,O,N coordination modes of two guanines to copper(II). The
fascinating coordination chemistry of copper(II) complexes generated by
the Z-DNA oligonucleotides and the differences to simple nucleobases
complexes with copper(II) are discussed in detail.
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