Abstract

Not only UV radiation can bring about the dimerization of the pyrimidine nucleobase uracil, a metal ion can as well! The reaction proceeds by a reductive elimination process of two cis-oriented uracil entities, each bonded to AuIII through C5 [Eq. (a)]. R/R′=H/CH3, CH3/CH3, H,C5H9O4

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