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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Chem. 2008 Dec 25;51(24):7751–7767. doi: 10.1021/jm801245v

Table 4.

Calculated ligand–duplex DNA docking interaction energies (kcal mol-1), for three binding modes.

Duplex Interaction Energy

Intercalation Major Groove Minor Groove
9a - 966.99 ± 15.02 - 1011.11 ± 18.65 nra
9b - 956.87 ± 10.39 - 971.71 ± 28.95 nra
9c nrb - 1027.70 ± 10.63 nra
a

nr represents no result due to:

a

duplex DNA destabilization, or

b

no suitably pseudo-intercalated structure observed.