Controlled Stacking of 10 Transition‐Metal Ions inside a DNA Duplex

A helical turn full of metal ions! The metal–salen base-pair concept allows the incorporation of up to 10 transition-metal ions into double strands of DNA (see picture; Mn gray spheres, C gray, N blue, P orange, O red). The crosslinking provided by the metal–salen complexes conveys a high stability to the self-assembled systems. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2007/z603099_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.