Interaction between the Guanine−Cytosine Watson−Crick DNA Base Pair and Hydrated Group IIa (Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+) and Group IIb (Zn2+, Cd2+, Hg2+) Metal Cations
An artificial base pair in duplex DNA, formed by 2,4-diaminopyrimidine and fluorescent 4-aminophthalimide C-nucleosides, is characterized spectroscopically, for use in femtosecond solvation dynamics.