Gas-Phase Ion/Ion Reactions of Transition Metal Complex Cations with Multiply Charged Oligodeoxynucleotide Anions

Abstract

Multiply deprotonated hexadeoxyadenylate anions, (A6-nH)n-, where n = 3-5, have been subjected to reaction with a range of divalent transition-metal complex cations in the gas phase. The cations studied included the bis- and tris-1,10-phenanthroline complexes of CuII, FeII, and CoII, as well as the tris-1,10-phenanthroline complex of RuII. In addition, the hexadeoxyadenylate anions were subjected to reaction with the singly charged FeIII and CoIII N,N′-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato) complexes. The major competing reaction channels are electron-transfer from the oligodeoxynucleotide anion to the cation, the formation of a complex between the anion and cation, and the incorporation of the tr..