“…This acyclic guanine nucleoside analog has proved to bind nucleoside phosphorylases [1] as well as several metal ions. Structural knowledge on mixed-ligand metal-acv complexes (see selected reference [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]) supports a variety of metal binding patterns (MBPs) and interesting molecular recognition features. So far, the reported MBPs can be summarized as follows: (a) the formation of the M-N7 bond, with [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]12] or without [8,10] the cooperation of an intra-molecular interligand A-H···O6(acv) interaction (A=O or N acceptor); (b) the N7,O6-chelation mode [11]; (c) the µ 2 -N7,O(ol) (see Figure 1) bridging role [3]; and finally, (d) a multi-functional role featured by the µ 3 -N7,O6,O(e)+O(ol), which comprises the bridging, chelating, and tetradentate modes of acv [12].…”