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DOI: 10.1039/A702035J (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1997, 1315-1316

Uracil quartet formation through non-covalent interaction with a neutral metal ammine complex

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Holger Witkowski, Eva Freisinger and Bernhard Lippert

Abstract

Cocrystallization of 1-methyluracil (Hmura) and trans[PtCl4(NH3)2] yields an adduct of composition [PtCl4(NH3)2·2 Hmura with two types of uracil quartets, one of which is relevant to that formed in tetraplex RNA.

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