Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.1, 20-21, 2001
Cooperation of the Ce(IV)/EDTA complex and oligoamine for prompt scission of DNA
DNA hydrolysis by the Ce(lV)/EDTA complex is enormously accelerated by the cooperation with selected oligoamines. The reaction in the presence of ethylenediamine (100 mmol dm(-3)) is 50 times as fast as that in its absence.