Ruthenium-carbon bond formation via cyclometallation of a nucleobase

Authors
Price, C Shipman, MA Gummerson, SL Houlton, A Clegg, W Elsegood, MRJ
Citation
C. Price et al., Ruthenium-carbon bond formation via cyclometallation of a nucleobase, J CHEM S DA, (4), 2001, pp. 353-354
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS
ISSN journal
14727773 → ACNP
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
353 - 354
Database
ISI
SICI code
1472-7773(2001):4<353:RBFVCO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The presence of a chelating tether attached to ethylguanine leads to the fo rmation of a metal-carbon bond at C8 of the nucleobase when reacted with tr ans-[RuCl4(dmso)(2)](-), in contrast, more typical co-ordination at N7 is s een in the absence of the tether.