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. 1979 Mar;6(3):1135–1149. doi: 10.1093/nar/6.3.1135

A conformational study of nucleic acid phosphate ester bonds using phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance.

C A Haasnoot, C Altona
PMCID: PMC327759  PMID: 440971

Abstract

A systematic phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance study of some nucleic acid constituents (6-N-(dimethyl)adenylyl-(3',5')-uridine and some nucleotide methyl esters) is presented. The temperature dependent phosphorus-31 chemical shifts were analyzed by standard thermodynamic procedures. It is shown that gt conformations about the P-O ester bonds have a lower free energy content relative to gg conformers.

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