The current development in the intramolecular aromatic-ring stacking interactions in the complexes with compositions of DNA and heteroaromatic N-bases has been reviewed to a great extent, especially the significant contributions in several important systems about ternary mixed-ligand complexes, including nucleotide-metal ion-po-lyaromatic amine, amino acid-metal ion-polyaromatic amine, nucleotide-metal ion-pyridine-like aromatic amine, nucleo-tide-metal ion-amino acid, nucleotide-metal ion-nucleic acid base, nucleic acid base-metal ion, and the important factors affecting the intramolecular aromatic-ring stacking interac-tions in the complexes. Based on the study of stacking inter-action in the complexes, the mechanism of interaction be-tween DNA molecules and complexes of heteroaromatic N-bases has been established, which is crucial for the design and synthesis of the complexes acting as molecular devices of DNA.
The current development in the intramolecular aromatic-ring stacking interactions in the complexes with compositions of DNA and heteroaromatic N-bases has been reviewed to a great extent, especially the significant contributions in several important systems about ternary mixed-ligand complexes, including nucleotide-metal ion-polyaromatic amine, amino acid-metal ion-polyaromatic amine, nucleotide-metal ion-pyridine-like aromatic amine, nucleotide-metal ion-amino acid, nucleotide-metal ion-nucleic acid base, nucleic acid base-metal ion, and the important factors affecting the intramolecular aromatic-ring stacking interactions in the complexes. Based on the study of stacking interaction in the complexes, the mechanism of interaction between DNA molecules and complexes of heteroaromatic N-bases has been established, which is crucial for the design and synthesis of the complexes acting as molecular devices of DNA.