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Dalton Trans., 2008, 3542 - 3545, DOI: 10.1039/b802533a

Double-strand DNA cleavage from photodecarboxylation of (-oxo)diiron(III) L-histidine complex in visible light

Mithun Roy, Tuhin Bhowmick, Suryanarayanarao Ramakumar, Munirathinam Nethaji and Akhil R. Chakravarty

The oxo-bridged diiron(III) complex [{Fe(L-his)(dpq)}2(-O)]2+ having L-histidine (L-his) and dipyrido[3,2-d:2,3-f]quinoxaline (dpq) bound to Fe(III) exemplifies an iron-based model photonuclease that shows visible light-induced DNA double-strand cleavage in a photodecarboxylation pathway and models iron–bleomycin activity.

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