Interactions of tetrakis(-µ-carboxylato)dirhodium(II), an antitumour agent, with nucleic acid bases. X-Ray crystal structures of [Rh₂(acetato)₄(theophylline)₂] and [Rh₂(acetato)₄(caffeine)₂]

1 January 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 4,p. 186-188
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39800000186

Abstract

X-Ray crystal structure analyses of tetrakis(-µ-acetato)dirhodium(II) complexes of theophylline and caffeine have shown that in both complexes the dirhodium–tetra-acetate nucleus is occupied at the two axial positions by N(9) of the theophylline and caffeine bases.

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NUCLEIC ACID

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Interactions of tetrakis(-µ-carboxylato)dirhodium(II), an antitumour agent, with nucleic acid bases. X-Ray crystal structures of [Rh2(acetato)4(theophylline)2] and [Rh2(acetato)4(caffeine)2]

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Interactions of tetrakis(-µ-carboxylato)dirhodium(II), an antitumour agent, with nucleic acid bases. X-Ray crystal structures of [Rh₂(acetato)₄(theophylline)₂] and [Rh₂(acetato)₄(caffeine)₂]