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Structural characterisation and nuclease activity of mixed copper(II) complexes with sulfonamides and bipyridil

Isabel Garcı́aMaría V. VillaMarta González-álvarezBenigno MacíasJoaquín BorrásAlfonso Castiñeiras

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NucleasebiologyChemistrychemistry.chemical_elementCopperlaw.inventionInorganic ChemistryElectrophoresisCrystallographychemistry.chemical_compoundBipyramidlawMaterials Chemistrybiology.proteinPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryFourier transform infrared spectroscopyElectron paramagnetic resonanceHydrogen peroxideSingle crystal

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Mixed copper complexes have been synthetised through reaction of Cu(II) salts with bipyridil and N-quinolin-8-yl-p-toluenesulfonamide (Hqtsa), N-quinolin-8-yl-benzenesulfonamide (Hqbsa) or N-quinolin-8-yl-naftalenesulfonamide (Hqnsa). Single crystal X-ray diffraction structure determination shows that copper cations are five-coordinated, one complex have distorted bipyramidal trigonal geometry and the other have a distorted square-pyramid. The FT IR and EPR spectra are also reported. Electrophoresis results show that the synthetised complexes in the presence of ascorbate and hydrogen peroxide are chemical nucleases.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0020-1693(03)00236-6