Interaction of metal ions with nucleic acids. Interaction of copper(II) with adenosine and its derivatives.

The interaction of copper(II) with adenosine, 2'-deoxyadenosine, 1-methyladenosine, 7-deazaadenosine and AMP was studied by spectroscopic and magnetochemical methods. In non-aqueous medium, copper(II) interacts with adenosine and AMP at N-7 and N-1, and with 1-methyladenosine at N-7 and N-3. The copper ion is not bound to the NH2 group. In aqueous solution, copper(II) interacts both with N-7 and N-1 of adenosine, and in AMP additionally with the phosphate group. The interaction of copper(II) with the heterocyclic part, but not withthe phosphate group, is dependent on the extent of protonation of the molecular. A crystalline AMP-copper(II) complex [Cu(C10H12N5O7P).(H2O)2] was obtained; the phosphate group and probably N-7 are involved in the complex formation.