Emma M. Proudfoot, Joel P. Mackay, Robert S. Vagg, Kymberley A. Vickery, Peter A. Williams and Peter Karuso
NMR studies show that the ternary octahedral Δ-cis-α- [Ru(RR-picchxnMe2)(phen)]2+ cation binds with AT selectivity in the minor groove of [d(CGCGATCGCG)2] and [d(ATATCGATAT)2] duplexes through a non-intercalative interaction.