Design, synthesis, DNA interaction, and dual catalytic properties of tetranuclear holmium (Ho) complex
- Corresponding author: Xiaofen GUAN, guanxiaofen325@163.com Wenmin WANG, wangwenmin0506@126.com
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Xiaofen GUAN, Liuqing KANG, Yingyue ZHANG, Linjing XUE, Xinyu LI, Wenmin WANG. Design, synthesis, DNA interaction, and dual catalytic properties of tetranuclear holmium (Ho) complex[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
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10.11862/CJIC.20250380
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Hydrogen atoms have been omitted for clarity.
c1=cHL=1.7×10-2 mmol·L-1.
r=ccompound/cDNA; from a to j: r=0, 0.013, 0.026, 0.039, 0.052, 0.065, 0.078, 0.091, 0.104, respectively.