Anion−π Interactions in Bisadenine Derivatives: A Combined Crystallographic and Theoretical Study
作者:Angel Garcia-Raso、Francisca M. Albertí、Juan J. Fiol、Andres Tasada、Miquel Barceló-Oliver、Elies Molins、Daniel Escudero、Antonio Frontera、David Quiñonero、Pere M. Deyà
DOI:10.1021/ic701555n
日期:2007.12.1
In this manuscript we report a high-level ab initio study of anion-pi interactions involving N-9-methyl-adenine, N-6-methyl-adenine, N-9-methyl-hypoxanthine, a dimer of N-9-methyl-adenine, and N-9,N-9'-trimethylene-bisadenine. DNA bases like adenine are electron-deficient arenes that are well suited for interacting favorably with anions. We demonstrate that these compounds are able to interact favorably with anions. N-9-Methyl-adenine, N-6-methyl-adenine, and the dimer of M-methyl-adenine interact with the anion via the six-membered ring more strongly than adenine due to cooperativity effects between the noncovalent pi-pi and anion-pi interactions. This pattern, i.e., coexistence of pi-pi and anion-pi bonding, is observed experimentally in the solid state. Finally, we report the solid-state characterization of two new compounds N-6,N-6-dimethylene-bisadenine hydrochloride and an outer-sphere complex of protonated N-9,N-9-trimethylene-bishypoxanthine with zinc tetrachloride anion, that exhibit interesting anion-pi interactions. They are in strong agreement with high-level theoretical calculations.