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Dahl Jensen J, Jakobsen RK, Yao Z, Laursen BW. Investigating Design Rules for Photoinduced Electron Transfer Quenching in Triangulenium Probes. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202301077. [PMID: 37261711 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Fluorescent probes based on photoinduced electron transfer (PET) quenching of long lifetime triangulenium fluorophores have found multiple applications. For such probes a successful design relies on the right balance between the rate of PET quenching and fluorescence. In a series of ADOTA (A) and DAOTA (D) triangulenium fluorophores appended with aniline-like quencher moieties, we have investigated the rate of quenching and its relation to thermodynamic driving force, distance, and conjugation within the quencher moiety. Three different quenchers, a short (1), a long (2), and a long twisted (3), 4-aminophenyl, 4'-aminobiphenyl, and 2,2'-dimethyl-4'-aminobiphenyl, respectively were investigated. Steady-state spectroscopy and electrochemistry confirms that the quencher moieties are electronically decoupled from the dyes and have similar oxidation potentials and thus driving force for PET quenching, irrespectively of their different length and conjugation. Time-resolved fluorescence measurement was used to measure the fast PET quenching, with rate constant kPET ranging from >4×1011 to 2×109 s-1 . Interestingly, PET quenching is equally efficient/fast from 1 and 2, even with increase in distance between the donor and the acceptor. However, when twisting the biphenyl in 3, a 20-fold decrease in quenching is found. Even with this decrease in kPET, the quenching in 3 A/D is still highly efficient, with nearly 99 % quenching. The study show that long lifetime fluorophores can be efficiently switched even by relatively slow PET processes and that PET quencher moieties can be removed far from the fluorophore if conjugated linkers are applied.
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- Jesper Dahl Jensen
- Nano-Science Center & Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center & Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Division of Chemical Physics, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Nano-Science Center & Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Ondrisek P, Elie M, Pupier M, de Aguirre A, Poblador‐Bahamonde AI, Besnard C, Lacour J. Acetylene Derivatives of Cationic Diazaoxatriangulenes and Diaza [4]Helicenes ‐ Access to Red Emitters and Planar Chiral Stereochemical Traits. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202104405. [PMID: 35040214 PMCID: PMC9305763 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cationic triangulenes, and related helicenes, constitute a rich class of dyes and fluorophores, usually absorbing and emitting light at low energy, in the orange to red domains. Recently, to broaden the scope of applications, regioselective late‐stage functionalizations on these core moieties have been developed. For instance, with the introduction of electron‐donating groups (EDGs), important bathochromic shifts are observed pushing absorptions towards or in the near‐infrared (NIR) spectral domain while emissive properties disappear essentially completely. Herein, to upset this drawback, acetylene derivatives of cationic diazaoxa triangulenes (DAOTA) and [4]helicenes are prepared (16 examples). Contrary to other EDG‐functionalized derivatives, C≡C− functionalized products remain broadly fluorescent, with red‐shifted absorptions (Δλabs up to 25 nm) and emissions (Δλem up to 73 nm, ΦPL up to 51 %). Quite interestingly, a general dynamic stereoisomerism phenomenon is evidenced for the compounds derived from achiral DAOTA cores. At low temperature in 1H NMR spectroscopy (218 K), N−CH2 protons become diastereotopic with chemical shifts differences (Δδ) as high as +1.64 ppm. The signal coalescence occurs around 273 K with a barrier of ∼12 kcal mol−1. This phenomenon is due to planar chiral conformations (Sp and Rp configurations), induced by the geometry of the alkyl (n‐propyl) side‐chains next to the acetylenic substituents. Ion pairing studies with Δ‐TRISPHAT anion not only confirm the occurrence of the chiral conformations but evidence a moderate but definite asymmetric induction from the chiral anion onto the cations. Finally, DFT calculations offer a valuable insight on the geometries, the corresponding stereodynamics and also on the very large difference in NMR for some of the diastereotopic protons.
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- Pavol Ondrisek
- Department of Organic Chemistry University of Geneva Quai Ernest Ansermet 30 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry University of Geneva Quai Ernest Ansermet 30 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry University of Geneva Quai Ernest Ansermet 30 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry University of Geneva Quai Ernest Ansermet 30 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Cristallographie University of Geneva Quai Ernest Ansermet 24 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry University of Geneva Quai Ernest Ansermet 30 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland
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Borissov A, Maurya YK, Moshniaha L, Wong WS, Żyła-Karwowska M, Stępień M. Recent Advances in Heterocyclic Nanographenes and Other Polycyclic Heteroaromatic Compounds. Chem Rev 2022; 122:565-788. [PMID: 34850633 PMCID: PMC8759089 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 104.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This review surveys recent progress in the chemistry of polycyclic heteroaromatic molecules with a focus on structural diversity and synthetic methodology. The article covers literature published during the period of 2016-2020, providing an update to our first review of this topic (Chem. Rev. 2017, 117 (4), 3479-3716).
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- Wydział Chemii, Uniwersytet
Wrocławski, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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Jensen JD, Bisballe N, Kacenauskaite L, Thomsen MS, Chen J, Hammerich O, Laursen BW. Utilizing Selective Chlorination to Synthesize New Triangulenium Dyes. J Org Chem 2021; 86:17002-17010. [PMID: 34791879 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Functionalization of new sites on the triangulenium structure has been achieved by early-stage chlorination with N-chlorosuccinimide (NCS), giving rise to two new triangulenium dyes (1 and 3). By introducing the chlorine functionalities in the acridinium precursor, positions complementary to those previously obtained by electrophilic aromatic substitution on the final dyes are accessed. The chlorination is selective, giving only one regioisomer for both mono- and dichlorination products. For the monochlorinated acridinium compound, a highly selective ring-closing reaction was discovered, generating a single regioisomer of the cationic [4]helicene product. Further investigations into the mechanism of the [4]helicene formation lead to the first isolation of the previously proposed intermediate of the two-step SNAr reaction, key to all aza-bridged triangulenium and helicenium systems. Late-stage functionalization of DAOTA+ with NCS gave rise to a different dichlorinated compound (2). The fully ring closed chlorinated triangulenium dyes 1, 2, and 3 show a redshift in absorption and emission, while maintaining relatively high fluorescence quantum yields of 36%, 26%, and 41% and long fluorescence lifetimes of 15, 12.5, and 16 ns, respectively. Cyclic voltammetry shows that chlorination of the triangulenium dyes significantly lowers reduction potentials and thus allows for efficient tuning of redox and photoredox properties.
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- Jesper Dahl Jensen
- Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Shaikh AC, Veleta JM, Moutet J, Gianetti TL. Trioxatriangulenium (TOTA +) as a robust carbon-based Lewis acid in frustrated Lewis pair chemistry. Chem Sci 2021; 12:4841-4849. [PMID: 34168760 PMCID: PMC8179643 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05893a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We report the reactivity between the water stable Lewis acidic trioxatriangulenium ion (TOTA+) and a series of Lewis bases such as phosphines and N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC). The nature of the Lewis acid-base interaction was analyzed via variable temperature (VT) NMR spectroscopy, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, UV-visible spectroscopy, and DFT calculations. While small and strongly nucleophilic phosphines, such as PMe3, led to the formation of a Lewis acid-base adduct, frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) were observed for sterically hindered bases such as P( t Bu)3. The TOTA+-P( t Bu)3 FLP was characterized as an encounter complex, and found to promote the heterolytic cleavage of disulfide bonds, formaldehyde fixation, dehydrogenation of 1,4-cyclohexadiene, heterolytic cleavage of the C-Br bonds, and interception of Staudinger reaction intermediates. Moreover, TOTA+ and NHC were found to first undergo single-electron transfer (SET) to form [TOTA]·[NHC]˙+, which was confirmed via electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and subsequently form a [TOTA-NHC]+ adduct or a mixture of products depending the reaction conditions used.
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- Aslam C Shaikh
- University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Tucson AZ USA
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- University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Tucson AZ USA
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- University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Tucson AZ USA
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- University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Tucson AZ USA
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Mei L, Veleta JM, Bloch J, Goodman HJ, Pierce-Navarro D, Villalobos A, Gianetti TL. Tunable carbocation-based redox active ambiphilic ligands: synthesis, coordination and characterization. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:16095-16105. [PMID: 32186563 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt00419g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The synthesis of novel redox active ambiphilic ligands L1-L3 and their coordination chemistry to first-row late transition metal halides (M = Co and Ni) is reported. The heterocyclic carbocation scaffolds act as Lewis acid moieties while the pyridine anchor acts as the coordinating Lewis base. The high synthetic tunability of this ligand scaffold allows for control of its rigidity and electronic properties. Anion exchange and coordination of a chloride anion to the metal center was observed resulting in the formation of [MCl3]- metallate. Upon coordination to the pyridine anchor, the metallate centers adopt a canonical tetrahedral geometry, resulting in an overall neutral complex best described as a zwitterionic metallate trichloride bound to a cationic ligand. Characterization techniques including single crystal X-ray diffraction, cyclic voltammetry, and UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy were employed to better understand the structural and chemical properties of the ligands and metal complexes. A possible weak interaction between one of the chlorides and the carbenium moiety in the ligand is observed in crystals of both of the Co(ii) and Ni(ii) complexes with ligand L1. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations support that this electrostatic interaction for complexes 2a and 2b exists only in the solid state.
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- Liangyong Mei
- University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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Bisballe N, Laursen BW. What is Best Strategy for Water Soluble Fluorescence Dyes?-A Case Study Using Long Fluorescence Lifetime DAOTA Dyes*. Chemistry 2020; 26:15969-15976. [PMID: 32639046 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The lipophilic nature of organic dyes complicates their effectiveness in aqueous solutions. In this work we investigate three different strategies for achieving water-solubility of the diazaoxatriangulenium (DAOTA+ ) chromophore: hydrophilic counter ions, aromatic sulfonation of the chromophore, and attachment of charged side chains. The long fluorescence lifetime (FLT, τf =20 ns) of DAOTA+ makes it a sensitive probe to analyze solvation and aggregation effects. Direct sulfonation of the chromophore was found to increase solubility drastically, but at the cost of greatly reduced quantum yields (QYs) due to enhanced non-radiative deactivation processes. The introduction of either cationic (4) or zwitterionic side chains (5), however, brings the FLT (τf =18 ns) and QY (ϕf =0.56) of the dye to the same level as the parent chromophore in acetonitrile. Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy also reveals a high resistance to aggregation and non-specific binding in a high loading of bovine serum albumin (BSA). The results clearly show that addition of charged flexible side chains is preferable to direct sulfonation of the chromophore core.
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- Niels Bisballe
- Nano-Science Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Holt CJ, Wentworth KJ, Johnson RP. A Short and Efficient Synthesis of the [3]Triangulene Ring System. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201907226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Carter J. Holt
- Department of Chemistry University of New Hampshire 23 Academic Way Durham NH 03824 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of New Hampshire 23 Academic Way Durham NH 03824 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of New Hampshire 23 Academic Way Durham NH 03824 USA
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Holt CJ, Wentworth KJ, Johnson RP. A Short and Efficient Synthesis of the [3]Triangulene Ring System. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:15793-15796. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201907226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Carter J. Holt
- Department of Chemistry University of New Hampshire 23 Academic Way Durham NH 03824 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of New Hampshire 23 Academic Way Durham NH 03824 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of New Hampshire 23 Academic Way Durham NH 03824 USA
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Affiliation(s)
- John A. Joule
- Chemistry Department; The University of Manchester; Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Pharmacology; Toxicology and Medicinal Chemistry; Universitat de Barcelona; Joan XXIII, s/n E-08028 Barcelona Spain
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Kosaya MP, Rybalchenko AV, Lukonina NS, Mazaleva ON, Ioffe IN, Markov VY, Troyanov SI, Sidorov LN, Tamm NB, Goryunkov AA. Facile Separation, Spectroscopic Identification, and Electrochemical Properties of Higher Trifluoromethylated Derivatives of [70]Fullerene. Chem Asian J 2018; 13:1920-1931. [PMID: 29781151 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We survey the structure and electronic properties of the family of higher trifluoromethylated C70 (CF3 )n molecules with n=14, 16, 18, and 20. Twenty-two available compounds, of which thirteen are newly obtained and characterized, demonstrate the broad diversity of π-system topologies, which enabled us to study the interplay between the CF3 addition pattern and the electronic properties. UV/Vis spectroscopic and cyclic voltammetric studies demonstrate the importance of the exact addition pattern rather than the plain number of addends. Of particular interest is the skew pentagonal pyramid (SPP) addition pattern, which enables formation of closed-shell cyclopentadienyl anions C70 (CF3 )n-1- through CF3 detachment upon electron transfer. A detailed study of the process is presented for a SPP-C70 (CF3 )16 where potentiostatic electrolysis at the second reduction potential gives C70 (CF3 )15- oxidizable to a persistent C70 (CF3 )15. radical. Together with the literature data for the lower C70 (CF3 )n compounds with n=2-12, the present results show good correlation between the experimental boundary level positions and the DFT predictions. The compounds turn out to be electron acceptor molecular semiconductors with experimental LUMO energies and HOMO-LUMO gaps within the ranges of -4.3 to -3.7 eV and 1.6 to 3.3 eV, respectively, depending on the shape of the conjugated fragments. The HOMO levels fall within the range of -5.6 to -6.9 eV and show linear correlation with the number of addends.
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- Maria P Kosaya
- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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