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CD Spectroscopy to Study DNA-Protein Interactions
Published on: February 10, 2022
Synthesis, physico-chemical and DNA interaction studies of homo- and hetero-trinuclear complexes
S Deepalatha1, P Sambasiva Rao, R Venkatesan
1Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 605014, India.
Abstract:
Synthesis and characterization of three new trinuclear metal complexes of type Cu3, Cu2Zn and Cu2Ni have been achieved by assembling simple mononuclear complexes, namely 2,2'-bipyridyl 3,4-dihydroxo benzaldehyde copper(II) complex and diethylenetriamine complexes of copper(II), nickel(II) and zinc(II) ions, through the reaction of coordinated ligands. The FAB mass spectra for the complexes show fragmentation pattern in accordance with the molecular formula. The frozen electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrum of tricopper complex shows two sets of parallel lines with approximately 2:1 ratio. The simulation has been carried out by considering dipolar interaction between the two types of copper ions present in the complex. The trimetallic complexes, Cu3, Cu2Ni and Cu2Zn show strong intercalation type of interaction with Calf thymus DNA in 0.02 mol L(-1) of phosphate buffer containing 60 mmol sodium chloride at pH 7.0 at room temperature. The binding constant is found to be in the order Cu3
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