If Watson–Crick and Hoogsteen sites of guanine are blocked, hydrogen bonding with cytosine is via N² and N³

Abstract

A novel hydrogen bonding scheme between cytosine and guanine nucleobases is observed if both N¹ and N⁷ positions of the guanine are blocked by a metal entity and a methyl group, respectively.

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