Metal-stabilized rare tautomers of nucleobases. 4. On the question of adenine tautomerization by a coordinated platinum(II)
摘要:
An attempt is described and critically asssessed to use the 'method of basicity measurements' for estimating the effect of Pt(II) electrophiles bound to the N7 position of the model nucleobase 9-methyladenine to shift the tautomer equilibrium from the preferred 6-amino to the rare 6-imino form. The question of tautomerization of an adenine nucleobase is of biological interest with regard to the now established preference for A --> T transversions as a consequence of 5' (ApG) adduct formation of the antitumor agent Cisplatin. For this purpose, a series of model nucleobase complexes of Pt(II) with 9-methyladenine (9-MeA), 1,9-dimethyladenine (1,9-DimeA) and 6,9-dimethyladenine ( 6,9-DimeA), and their protonated forms have been prepared and their UV spectra at various pH values recorded. In two cases, the compounds were characterized also by X-ray analysis, cis-[Cl2Pt(1,9-DimeAH)(NH3)]Cl (2c) and Cl3Pt(6,9-DimeAH) . H2O (3a). Based on the experimentally determined pK(a) values of the platinated adeninium ligands, tautomer equilibrium constants K(T) were calculated and found to be 10(-4.5) for [Cl3Pt(9-MeA)]- and 10(-4.6) for cis-Cl2Pt(NH3)(9-MeA). These values compare with 10(-4.8) for 9-MeA. The observed shifts in favor of the rare imino tautomer on Pt binding to N7 are considered too small to unambiguously explain the observed preferential A --> T transversion on the basis of an initial mispair between a platinated adenine in its imino form and an adenine in its normal amino tautomer.