Issue 20, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Quintets of uracil and thymine: a novel structure of nucleobaseself-assembly studied by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry†

Bo Qiu,a   Jia Liu,a   Zhen Qin,a   Guanbo Wanga  and  Hai Luo*a  

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a Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
E-mail: hluo@pku.edu.cn
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Abstract

ESI-MS and molecular dynamic calculations reveal that in the presence of K+, Rb+ and Cs+, uracil, thymine and their homologues form self-assembled quintet structures that are stabilized by hydrogen bonding and ion dipole interactions.

Graphical abstract: Quintets of uracil and thymine: a novel structure of nucleobase self-assembly studied by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B903857D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Feb 2009
Accepted
09 Mar 2009
First published
30 Mar 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 2863-2865

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Quintets of uracil and thymine: a novel structure of nucleobase self-assembly studied by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

B. Qiu, J. Liu, Z. Qin, G. Wang and H. Luo, Chem. Commun., 2009, 2863 DOI: 10.1039/B903857D

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