Discrete Self‐Assembly of Iron(III) Ions inside Triple‐Stranded Artificial DNA

Abstract

Triplex-rated: Discrete self-assembly of FeIII ions with octahedral coordination geometry occurs within triple-stranded artificial DNA with hydroxypyridone nucleobases as metal ligands through the formation of nonplanar base triplets. Such a novel structural motif in DNA could lead to programmable alignment of six-coordinate transition metals. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.