University of Zagreb. Faculty of Science. Department of Chemistry.
Abstract
Zagrijavanjem fizičkih smjesa komplementarnih nukleobaza potaknuto je njihovo
supramolekulsko prepoznavanje u čvrstom stanju. Dobiven je dosad nepoznati 1:1 kokristal 9-
metilgvanina i 1-metilcitozina. Njegova je kristalna struktura riješena pomoću podataka
dobivenih difrakcijom rentgenskog zračenja na polikristalnom uzorku. Molekule 9-
metilgvanina i 1-metilcitozina povezane su Watson-Crickovim načinom povezivanja koje
uključuje tri međumolekulske vodikove veze. Ovi rezultati mogu biti značajni jer
predstavljaju alternativan put nastanka supramolekulskih struktura koje su bile preduvjet za
daljnju biološku evoluciju.Supramolecular recognition of complementary nucleobases was thermally induced in the solid
state. Novel 1:1 cocrystal between 9-methylguanine and 1-methylcytosine was obtained. The
crystal structure of new cocrystal was elucidated using laboratory powder X-ray diffraction.
Molecules of 9-methylguanine and 1-methylcytosine are held together by Watson-Crick
hydrogen bonding motif that includes three intermolecule hydrogen bonds. It is considered
that these findings could be relevant as they stress out an alternative route of occurance of
supramolecular structures that were prerequisite for biological evolution