Unprecedentedly fast DNA hydrolysis by the synergism of the cerium(IV)-praseodymium(III) and the cerium(IV)-neodymium(III) combinations

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1996.599

The most active catalysts for DNA hydrolysis so far have been obtained by using the synergetic cooperation of the cerium(IV) ion with the praseodymium(III) ion. The pseudo first-order rate constant for the hydrolysis of thymidylyl(3'-5')thymidine by the 2:1 combination is 10 times as great as that by the cerium(IV) ion.