A Photoresponsive Supramolecular G-Quadruplex

José M. Rivera, Diana V. Silva-Brenes

Organic Letters · 2013 · 15 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

Photoirradiation of a hexadecameric supramolecular G-quadruplex leads to a diastereoselective [2 + 2] cyclodimerization of half of its constituent subunits, which in turn shifts the equilibrium toward the formation of a precise heteromeric octamer.

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