Volume 19, Issue 1 pp. 116-118
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Synthesis of Distamycin Analogs and Their Interactions with Calf Thymus DNA

Jun-Hua Xiao

Jun-Hua Xiao

Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bioorganic and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Gu Yuan

Gu Yuan

Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bioorganic and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Wei-Qiang Huang

Wei-Qiang Huang

Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Bioorganic and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Wei-Hong Du

Wei-Hong Du

Institute of Physical Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Bao-Huai Wang

Bao-Huai Wang

Institute of Physical Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Zhi-Fen Li

Zhi-Fen Li

Institute of Physical Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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First published: 26 August 2010

Abstract

Two distamycin analogs (PyPyPy-γ-Dp and PyPyPyPy-γ-Dp) were synthesized by a haloform reaction and the DCC/HOBT coupling reaction in a ample and fast way without amino protection. By using calf thymus DNA, the interaction between the analogs and DNA duplex was studied by CD, and ITC.

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