Metal ion–C(8) binding in purine nucleosides. Ready formation of carbon-bound inosine and guanosine complexes of methylmercury(II)
Abstract
The increased lability of purine nucleoside C(8)–H bonds upon co-ordination of a metal ion to the adjacent N(7) position has been used to explain the observed formation of C(8)-bonded inosine and guanosine methylmercurials, these being the first reported carbon bound species formed from the interaction of nucleosides with organomercurials.