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Nucleic Acids in Green Chemistry

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is one of the most important biopolymers for all living organisms; DNA exhibits characteristic physical properties derived from its double-stranded right-handed helical structure that is thermoreversible, water soluble, and biodegradable and can be processed by chemical methods. Therefore, nucleic acids such as DNA are very promising as environmentally friendly functional polymer materials from the viewpoint of green chemistry and sustainable chemistry. In this review, we discuss the chemistry of environmentally friendly synthesis of nucleic acids, the asymmetric environmental reaction field provided by nucleic acids, the behavior of nucleic acids in ionic liquids, and new materials using DNA.

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    Akimitsu Okamoto

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Okamoto, A. (2022). Nucleic Acids in Green Chemistry. In: Sugimoto, N. (eds) Handbook of Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1313-5_80-1

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