M. Hartmann et al., 2 ANTITUMOR RUTHENIUM(III) COMPLEXES SHOWING SELECTIVITY IN THEIR BINDING TOWARDS POLY(DG)CENTER-DOT-POLY(DC) AND POLY(DA)CENTER-DOT-POLY(DT), Chemical communications, (15), 1996, pp. 1741-1742
The antitumour-active complexes trans-Him[(RuCl4)-Cl-III(im)(2)] (Him
= imidazole) and trans-Hind[RumCl(4)(ind)(2)] (Hind = indazole) bind a
t a higher binding rate to poly(dG). poly(dC), compared to poly(dA). p
oly(dT); the covalent binding to the nucleobases requires a preceding
aquation of the compounds, similar to cisplatin.