Porphyrins Coupled with Nucleoside Bases. Synthesis and Characterization of Ether-Linked Adenine-Thymidine and Guanine-Cytosine Derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1993.1357

Porphyrins having an adenine-thymine or guanine-cytosine pair have been synthesized.Spectroscopic study has revealed that two nucleobases form inter- and intramolecular base pairs in anti and syn atropisomers, respectively, and that the guanine-cytosine pair is more close to the porphyrin ring than the adenine-thymine pair.