Apart from their function as counter ions for the charge neutralization of nucleic acids, alkali
metal ions play important roles in stabilizing particular multistranded nucleic acids, eg …

The gas-phase basicities (GB) of 7 biguanides were measured by the equilibrium and the
entropy corrected kinetic methods. The experimental data were compared with the GB …

The specificity of the exchange between divalent (Di 2+= Ca 2+ or Ba 2+) and monovalent
(M+= Li+, Na+ or K+) ions onto a polyacrylic chain is examined using conductometric and …

We present a rigorous theoretical basis of the kinetic method, commonly used for
thermochemical determinations in mass spectrometry, based on finite heat bath theory …

Sodium is very important as a counterion in biology. However, when used with the most
common semiempirical Hamiltonians, such as AM1 or PM3, sodium is modeled as a point …

The influence of metal cations (M= Cu+, Ca2+ and Cu2+) coordinated to the N7 of guanine
on hydrogen bonding and aromaticity of the guanine–cytosine base pair has been analysed …

The determination of proton affinity (PA) of 2′-deoxyadenosine (dA) is used as a case study
for the evaluation of possible drawbacks in the determination of the PA of the nucleic acid …

The Curtin− Hammett principle (CHP) is an important concept in physical organic chemistry
and is often utilized in the investigation of reaction mechanisms. Two reactants, A and B, in …

The binding of first-row transition metal monocations (Sc+− Cu+) to N7 of guanine and N7 or
N3 of adenine nucleobases has been analyzed using the hybrid B3LYP density functional …

The effectiveness of the kinetic method for estimating the proton affinities of bases that di-
coordinate the proton is evaluated using α, ω-diaminoalkanes as model bases. The proton …