Synthesis and X-ray single crystal structure analysis of an inorganic nucleoside analog

The Cu(II) containing nucleoside analog 3 was synthesized and fully characterized, including X-ray analysis. In the solid state 3 assembles by apical Cu-O bonds into a coordination polymer, with short Cu-Cu distances of 5.32 and 5.78 Å. The X-ray structure of 3 is in accordance with an isotactic structural model for charge neutral inorganic nucleic acids analogs.