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Transition Metal Ions as Probes of the Molecular Electrostatic Potential: The Case for the Nucleic Acid Bases Cytosine and Guanine

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Chemical Applications of Atomic and Molecular Electrostatic Potentials

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Abstract

It has long been recognized that the point of attack of diverse electrophiles (e.g., protons, alkyl cations, alkali metal and alkaline earth cations, and transition metal ions in various coordination geometries and formal oxidation states) on a base is largely dependent on the global potential created in the space surrounding the base by the nuclear charges and the molecular electronic distribution. The electrostatic (Coulombic) part of the total interaction energy of an electrophile and a base is derivable from a knowledge of the distribution of the charge on the electrophile and the molecular electrostatic potential of the base. At moderate-to-large separation distances between the electrophile and the base, the electrostatic component of the total energy of interaction is expected to dominate and possibly to be determinative of the site of attack.

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Kistenmacher, T.J. (1981). Transition Metal Ions as Probes of the Molecular Electrostatic Potential: The Case for the Nucleic Acid Bases Cytosine and Guanine. In: Politzer, P., Truhlar, D.G. (eds) Chemical Applications of Atomic and Molecular Electrostatic Potentials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9634-6_19

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