Crystal structure and chirality of adenosine-5′-diphosphate coordination complex

Abstract The first neutral coordination complex of adenosine-5′-diphosphate (ADP) with transition metal Cu(II) ion, [Cu(phen)(H 2 ADP)(NO 3 )]·H 2 O ( ADP–Cu ) (ADP = adenosine-5′-diphosphate, phen = 1, 10-phenanthroline monohydrate) has been synthesized and investigated by X-ray single-crystal diffraction method. Based on its crystal structure and supramolecular assembly analysis, the molecular and supramolecular chirality of ADP–Cu was studied comprehensively by liquid- and solid-state circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. It is the first example of the study about the chirality and supramolecular chirality for polyphosphate nucleotide coordination complex.