Abstract
AbstractA series of antiparallel‐stranded and parallel‐stranded DNA duplexes containing hetero base pairs of the artificial nucleobases 6‐(1H‐pyrazol‐1‐yl)‐9H‐purine (6PP), 1‐deaza‐6PP (1D6PP), 7‐deaza‐6PP (7D6PP), and 1,7‐dideaza‐6PP (1,7D6PP) were investigated with respect to their ability to form silver(I)‐mediated base pairs. A close examination of the duplex melting temperatures in the absence and in the presence of silver(I) ions shows a strong sequence‐dependence of the stability of the resulting silver(I)‐mediated base pairs. The most stable silver(I)‐mediated base pairs are formed when 1,7D6PP is located in a purine‐rich strand opposite either 6PP or 7D6PP. This indicates that the silver(I) ions are coordinated via the Watson‐Crick edge of the latter nucleobase, whereas they bind to the pyrazolyl moiety of the former. As a result, a [2+1] coordination environment is proposed for the silver(I) ions.
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