The intercalation of fac-[(4,4'-bpy)Re(I)(CO)3(dppz)]+ (dppz = dipyridyl[3,2-a:2'3'-c]phenazine) in polynucleotides, poly[dAdT]2 and poly[dGdC]2, where A = adenine, G = guanine, C = cytosine and T = thymine, is a major cause of changes in the absorption and emission spectra of the complex. A strong complex-poly[dAdT]2 interaction drives the intercalation process, which has a binding constant, Kb approximately 1.8 x 10(5) M(-1). Pulse radiolysis was used for a study of the redox reactions of e(-)(aq), C*H(2)OH and N3* radicals with the intercalated complex. These radicals exhibited more affinity for the intercalated complex than for the bases. Ligand-radical complexes, fac-[(4,4'-bpy*)Re(I)(CO)3(dppz)] and fac-[(4,4'-bpy)Re(I)(CO)3(dppz *)], were produced by e(-)(aq) and C*H(2)OH, respectively. A Re(II) species, fac-[(4,4'-bpy)Re(II)(CO)3(dppz)](2+), was produced by N3* radicals. The rate of annihilation of the ligand-radical species was second order on the concentration of ligand-radical while the disappearance of the Re(II) complex induced the oxidative cleavage of the polynucleotide strand.
Polymers with general formula ([(vpy) 2vpyRe(CO) 3(tmphen) (+)]) n ([(vpy) 2vpyRe(CO) 3(NO 2-phen) (+)]) m (NO 2-phen = 5-nitro-1,10-phenanthroline; tmphen = 3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline); vpy = 4-vinylpyridine) were prepared and their morphologies were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Multiple morphologies of aggregates from these Re I polymers were obtained by using different solvents. Energy transfer between MLCT Re-->tmphen and MLCT Re-->NO 2 -phen excited states inside the polymers was evidenced by steady state and time-resolved spectroscopy. Current Forster resonance energy transfer theory was successfully applied to energy transfer processes in these polymers.
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