ISSN:
1432-1017
Keywords:
Stacking
;
Selfassociation
;
NMR
;
Nucleobases
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The selfassociation of various purine- and pyrimidine-derivatives in D2O has been studied by means of NMR technique. The thermodynamic quantities have been calculated using an isodesmic NMR model. Among the nucleobases investigated, the adenine-derivatives were found to be most suitable for quantitative determination. A comparison of methylated adenine-derivatives and the pH-dependence of the selfassociation lead to the conclusion, that the stacking associates are stabilized by special van der Waals interactions based, essentially, on the polarizability of the π-electron-system of the associated molecules.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00537644
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