Chiral bis(1,10-phenanthroline) with Tröger's base skeleton. Synthesis and interaction with DNA
Chiral bis(1,10-phenanthroline) with Troger’s base skeleton (1) was synthesized from 5-amino-1,10-phenanthroline with formaldehyde and HCl. Racemic 1 could interact with DNA from CD spectroscopy and could cleave DNA when it was complexed with copper(I).