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. 2018 Mar 23;57(18):4976–4980. doi: 10.1002/anie.201800148

Table 1.

Dissociation constants (K D) for the series of ODN‐BiPy‐Disc duplexes 3 e3 h+3 k, experimental and theoretical ΔG°.

Discs/ODNs K D [nm] ΔG o[a]
[kcal mol−1]
ΔG o[b]
[kcal mol−1]
ΔΔG o
[kcal mol−1]
3 e+3 k 1.4×103 −8.0 −1.9 −6.1
3 f+3 k 39 −10 −4.1 −6.0
3 g+3 k 7.6 −11 −5.1 −6.0
3 h+3 k <5 <−11 −7.5
l+k 8.7×103 −6.9 −7.9
m+k 3.5×102 −8.8 −10
n+k <5 <−11 −12

[a] Experimentally determined ΔG o at 0.5 mm Mg2+. [b] Calculated ΔG o of the DNA component alone at 0.5 mm Mg2+ and 10 mm Na+, using software package UNAFold.