Interfacial molecular recognition of adenine, adenosine and ATP by a C_(60)-uracil adduct via complementary base pairing

摘要

A new C_(60)-uracil adduct was demonstrated to recognize adenine, adenosine, or adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) via complementary base pairing which led to complex formation. The base-pairing mechanism was modeled by ab initio B3LYP/3-21G(*) calculations which revealed the Watson-Crick (A-T) interactions. Stable "expanded liquid" Langmuir films of the complexes were prepared with the limiting area per molecule increasing for different subphase composition in the order: water < adenine < adenosine < ATP solution. Comparison of experimental and calculated areas per molecule and dipole moments suggest both prevailing horizontal orientation of the complexes in films.