Synthesis and characterization of the diastereomers Λ- and Δ-[Ru(bpy)2(m-bpy-l-Arg-Gly-l-Asn-l-Ala-l-His-l-Glu-l-Arg)]Cl2

Synthesis, characterization and DNA binding properties of oligopyridine-ruthenium(II)-amino acid conjugates

“…Among the most studied compounds is the complex [Ru(bpy) 3 ] 2+ , which shows a weak association with DNA, most probably due to the electrostatic interactions with the DNA phosphates [12][13][14]. Attempts to undertake the random binding of ruthenium tris-chelates to DNA have been raised by tethering a DNA-recognition peptide to one of the bipyridine ligands [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. It has been suggested that the nature of the peptide affects the DNA binding affinity of the ruthenium complex [15,17,18].…”

Bifunctional transition metal complexes as nucleic acid photoprobes and photoreagents

“…Conjugation of metal complexes to other biomolecules, such as short oligonucleotides [109][110][111] or peptides [25,112,113], a topic that is not covered in this mini-review, will certainly be increasingly exploited to achieve sequence selectivity of binding and/or photoreactivity at the targeted sequence. The bio-inspired design of bifunctional complex allows indeed to envision applications ranging from diagnostic to therapeutics and possibly gene repair [114,115].…”

From Mesocates to Helicates: Structural, Magnetic and Chiro‐Optical Studies on Nickel(II) Supramolecular Assemblies Derived from Tetradentate Schiff Bases

“…Enantiopurep olynuclear transition-metal complexesa re becomingasubjecto fg reat interest in coordination chemistry because they open aw ide range of possibilities in the synthesis of new materials, [1,2] biochemistry, [3][4][5][6] drug design, [7] and catalysis. [8][9][10][11][12] Controlo fc hirality in supramolecular structures is aw ay to relate their properties and reactivity to their structure in ap redictable way.I tallows the design of complexes with ac ontrolled topology and with specificp hysicalp roperties such as electronic circular dichroism (ECD), circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), non-linear optics, and magneto-chirale ffects, etc.…”

“…Enantiopure polynuclear transition‐metal complexes are becoming a subject of great interest in coordination chemistry because they open a wide range of possibilities in the synthesis of new materials, biochemistry, drug design, and catalysis …”