ISSN:
0894-3230
Keywords:
DNA binding agents
;
ruthenium(II) complexes
;
photoreagents
;
DNA
;
mononucleotides
;
Chemistry
;
Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The spectroscopic properties of two photoprobes for DNA, Ru(phen)2(PHEHAT)2+ and Ru(TAP)2(PHEHAT)2+ (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, TAP = 1,4,5,8-tetraazaphenanthrene, PHEHAT = 1,10-phenanthrolino[5,6-b]-1,4,5,8,9,12-hexaazatriphenylene), were examined and compared with those of complexes containing either an extended planar ligand (DPPZ) or π-acceptor ligands. The orbitals involved in the absorption and emission processes for Ru(phen)2(PHEHAT)2+ imply the PHEHAT ligand, whereas the chromophore and luminophore for Ru(TAP)2(PHEHAT)2+ are associated with the Ru(II) → TAP MLCT transition. The two complexes exhibit completely different behaviour in the presence of DNA. Whereas Ru(phen)2(PHEHAT)2+, which does not emit in water, luminesces upon intercalation between the DNA base pairs, the luminescence of Ru(TAP)2(PHEHAT)2+ is quenched by binding to DNA. Emission quenching is also observed in the presence of GMP, with a quenching rate constant of 1.25 × 109 l mol-1 s-1. This strongly suggests the presence of a photo-induced electron transfer from the guanine residues of GMP or DNA to the excited complex and leads to the conclusion that this complex is a good DNA photoreagent. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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