Binding Properties of Guanosine-2',3',5' triisobutyrate

To study the behavior of nucleic acid base in a nonpolar organic solvent, chloreform, we synthesized a derivative of guanosine. This erivative, guanosine-2', 3', 5'- trisobutyrate was obtained by reaction of guanosine with isobutyric anhydride, and identified by TLC, EA, IR and NMR. Hydrogen bonding specificity of this compound was revealed by IR and NMR. The molecules of guanosine 2',3',5'-trisobutyrate are self-associated in nonpolar solvent, and hydrogen bonds by imino protent become important as the concentration increases. In the presence of a cytosine derivative, the self-association of theguanosine drivative is destroyed, resulting from interaction with cytosine derivative.