Palladium and platinum guanine complexes

Summary Reaction of [MCl₂(H₄Y)] or (H₆Y)[MCl₄] compounds (M = Pd or Pt; Y = EDTA, PDTA or CDTA) with guanine (Gu-H) in 0.5 M HCl yields new complexes MCl₂(Gu-H)(H₂O which have been characterized by elemental analyses in conjunction with electronic, i.r. and n.m.r. spectra. A dimeric structure with two bridging chloride ligands, including coordination of guanine through atom N(9), is proposed for both compounds.Abbreviations used in the paper EDTA 1,2-diaminoethane-N,N,N,N-tetraacetate - PDTA 1,2-diaminopropane-N,N,N,N-tetraacetate - CDTA trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane-N,N,N,N-tetraacetate - Gu-H guanine - 9-EtGu-H 9-ethylguanine