a Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
b Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Norway
Abstract:
The metal binding properties of trans-Cl2Pd(glyglyOH)2 and trans-Cl2Pd(glynvalOH)2 towards the oligonucleotide dodecamer [d(CGCGAATTCGCG)]2 duplex, have been studied by 1D and 2D 1H NMR spectroscopy. A selective binding of the metal with G4, followed by G2 was observed with both complexes. This indicates that an intrastrand GNG(G2C3G4)(N7-N7) chelation of Pd(II) with the dodecamer duplex may have taken place. The Pd(II)-duplex interaction is less aggressive with trans-Cl2Pd(glynvalOH)2, than with trans-Cl2Pd(glyglyOH)2. NOE connectivities in the first case show a through space hydrophobic ligand–ligand interaction of the dipeptide and oligonucleotide protons.