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Siwawannapong K, Diers JR, Magdaong NCM, Nalaoh P, Kirmaier C, Lindsey JS, Holten D, Bocian DF. Extension of nature's NIR-I chromophore into the NIR-II region. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:14228-14243. [PMID: 38690612 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00779d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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The development of chromophores that absorb in the near-infrared (NIR) region beyond 1000 nm underpins numerous applications in medical and energy sciences, yet also presents substantial challenges to molecular design and chemical synthesis. Here, the core bacteriochlorin chromophore of nature's NIR absorbers, bacteriochlorophylls, has been adapted and tailored by annulation in an effort to achieve absorption in the NIR-II region. The resulting bacteriochlorin, Phen2,1-BC, contains two annulated naphthalene groups spanning meso,β-positions of the bacteriochlorin and the 1,2-positions of the naphthalene. Phen2,1-BC was prepared via a new synthetic route. Phen2,1-BC is an isomer of previously examined Phen-BC, which differs only in attachment via the 1,8-positions of the naphthalene. Despite identical π-systems, the two bacteriochlorins have distinct spectroscopic and photophysical features. Phen-BC has long-wavelength absorption maximum (912 nm), oscillator strength (1.0), and S1 excited-state lifetime (150 ps) much different than Phen2,1-BC (1292 nm, 0.23, and 0.4 ps, respectively). These two molecules and an analogue with intermediate characteristics bearing annulated phenyl rings have unexpected properties relative to those of non-annulated counterparts. Understanding the distinctions requires extending concepts beyond the four-orbital-model description of tetrapyrrole spectroscopic features. In particular, a reduction in symmetry resulting from annulation results in electronic mixing of x- and y-polarized transitions/states, as well as vibronic coupling that together reduce oscillator strength of the long-wavelength absorption manifold and shorten the S1 excited-state lifetime. Collectively, the results suggest a heuristic for the molecular design of tetrapyrrole chromophores for deep penetration into the relatively unutilized NIR-II region.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521-0403, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130-4889, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130-4889, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521-0403, USA.
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Nguyen KC, Lindsey JS. Synthesis of a BC-Dihydrodipyrrin Building Block of Bacteriochlorophyll a. J Org Chem 2023; 88:11205-11216. [PMID: 37471708 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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A strategy for the synthesis of bacteriochlorophyll a relies on joining AD and BC halves that contain the requisite stereochemical configurations of the target macrocycle. The BC half (1) is a dihydrodipyrrin bearing a dimethoxymethyl group at the 1-position, a β-ketoester at the 8-position, and (R)-2-methyl and (R)-3-ethyl substituents in the pyrroline ring. An established route to AD-dihydrodipyrrins (Pd-mediated coupling of a 2-halopyrrole with a chiral 4-pentynoic acid followed by Petasis methenylation, acidic hydrolysis, Paal-Knorr ring closure, and Riley oxidation) proved to be unviable for BC-dihydrodipyrrins given the presence of the β-ketoester unit. A route presented here entails Pd-mediated coupling of a 2-halopyrrole (2) with (3R,4R)-4-ethyl-1,1-dimethoxy-3-methylhex-5-yn-2-one (3), anti-Markovnikov hydration of the alkyne to give the 1,4-diketone, and Paal-Knorr ring closure. Compound 3 was prepared by Schreiber-modified Nicholas reaction beginning with (S)-4-isopropyl-3-propionyloxazolidin-2-one and the hexacarbonyldicobalt complex of (±) 3-methoxy-1-(trimethylsilyl)pentyne followed by transformation of the aldehyde derived therefrom to the 1,1-dimethoxymethylcarbonyl motif. The absolute stereochemical configuration of the Schreiber-Nicholas alkylation product was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, whereas the BC half (1) by 1H NMR spectroscopy showed a J value of 2.9 Hz consistent with the trans-configuration. Taken together, the route provides a key chiral building block for the synthesis of photosynthetic tetrapyrroles and analogues.
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- Khiem Chau Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department of Chemistry North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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Sample HC, Twamley B, Senge MO. Structure of ( R, R)-4-bromo-2-{4-[4-bromo-1-(4-toluene-sulfon-yl)-1 H-pyrrol-2-yl]-1,3-di-nitro-butan-2-yl}-1-(4-toluene-sulfon-yl)-1 H-pyrrole, another ostensible by-product in the synthesis of geminal-dimethyl hydro-dipyrrins. Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun 2023; 79:592-595. [PMID: 37601579 PMCID: PMC10439434 DOI: 10.1107/s2056989023004644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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The crystal structure of (R,R)-4-bromo-2-{4-[4-bromo-1-(4-toluene-sulfon-yl)-1H-pyrrol-2-yl]-1,3-di-nitro-butan-2-yl}-1-(4-toluene-sulfon-yl)-1H-pyrrole (1, C26H24Br2N4O8S2) is presented. The title compound was isolated in suitable yield as a by-product in our synthesis of geminal-dimethyl hydro-dipyrrins. We observe an unforeseen enanti-omeric resolution both in the bulk sample and the crystal of 1, with distinct C-H⋯O (Cmeth-yl-H⋯Onitro, Csp 3-H⋯Osulfon-yl) inter-actions observed in the enanti-omers present, along with other inter-actions, namely C5-pyrrol-yl-H⋯Osulfon-yl, forming a polymer along the crystallographic c-axis direction. Whilst pyrrolic fragments are well documented in the literature, little data is found surrounding the 1,3-di-nitro-butane scaffold.
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- Harry C. Sample
- School of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, 152-160 Pearse St., D02 R590, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, 152-160 Pearse St., D02 R590, Dublin, Ireland
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Taniguchi M, Lindsey JS. Absorption and Fluorescence Spectra of Open-chain Tetrapyrrole Pigments–Bilirubins, Biliverdins, Phycobilins, and Synthetic Analogues. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C: PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2023.100585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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Chau Nguyen K, Nguyen Tran AT, Wang P, Zhang S, Wu Z, Taniguchi M, Lindsey JS. Four Routes to 3-(3-Methoxy-1,3-dioxopropyl)pyrrole, a Core Motif of Rings C and E in Photosynthetic Tetrapyrroles. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28031323. [PMID: 36770988 PMCID: PMC9920783 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The photosynthetic tetrapyrroles share a common structural feature comprised of a β-ketoester motif embedded in an exocyclic ring (ring E). As part of a total synthesis program aimed at preparing native structures and analogues, 3-(3-methoxy-1,3-dioxopropyl)pyrrole was sought. The pyrrole is a precursor to analogues of ring C and the external framework of ring E. Four routes were developed. Routes 1-3 entail a Pd-mediated coupling process of a 3-iodopyrrole with potassium methyl malonate, whereas route 4 relies on electrophilic substitution of TIPS-pyrrole with methyl malonyl chloride. Together, the four routes afford considerable latitude. A long-term objective is to gain the capacity to create chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls and analogues thereof by facile de novo means for diverse studies across the photosynthetic sciences.
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de la Concepción JG, Cerdán L, Marcos-Arenal P, Burillo-Villalobos M, Fonseca-Bonilla N, Lizcano-Vaquero R, López-Cayuela MÁ, Caballero JA, Gómez F. Phot0, a plausible primeval pigment on Earth and rocky exoplanets. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:16979-16987. [PMID: 35731548 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01703b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In view of the existing controversy around the origin of the photosynthesis and, therefore, the first photosynthetic pigments, our work focuses on the theoretical study of a hypothetical first pigment, simpler than those existing today, that collects energy from solar radiation on Earth-like exoplanets. Our theoretical results show that there could exist geochemical conditions that allow the abiotic formation of a primeval pigment that might become sufficiently abundant in the early stages of habitable rocky exoplanets. These conditions would place this pigment before the appearance of life in a very young planet, thanks to chemical routes instead of biochemical transformations. Thus, our results may refute the currently accepted hypothesis that the complex biomolecules that allowed the photosynthesis to be carried out were synthesized through complex and evolved metabolic pathways. In addition, we show that the proposed primeval pigment, which we call Phot0, is also a precursor of the more evolved pigments known today on Earth and demonstrate, for the first time, an abiotic chemical route leading to tetrapyrroles not involving pyrrole derivatives. Our proposal places simple and very abundant raw materials in never-before-proposed geochemical conditions that lead to the formation of biomolecules of biological interest.
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMoL), Universidad de Valencia, 46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Ctra. de Ajalvir km. 4, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain.
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- Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Ctra. de Ajalvir km. 4, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain.
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- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Atmospheric Research and Instrumentation Branch, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), European Space Astronomy Centre, Camino bajo del Castillo, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Ctra. de Ajalvir km. 4, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain.
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Chlorophylls: A Personal Snapshot. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27031093. [PMID: 35164358 PMCID: PMC8838077 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27031093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Chlorophylls provide the basis for photosynthesis and thereby most life on Earth. Besides their involvement in primary charge separation in the reaction center, they serve as light-harvesting and light-sensing pigments, they also have additional functions, e.g., in inter-system electron transfer. Chlorophylls also have a wealth of applications in basic science, medicine, as colorants and, possibly, in optoelectronics. Considering that there has been more than 200 years of chlorophyll research, one would think that all has been said on these pigments. However, the opposite is true: ongoing research evidenced in this Special Issue brings together current work on chlorophylls and on their carotenoid counterparts. These introductory notes give a very brief and in part personal account of the history of chlorophyll research and applications, before concluding with a snapshot of this year’s publications.
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Yeo S, Yoon I, Lee WK. Design and Characterisation of pH-Responsive Photosensitiser-Loaded Nano-Transfersomes for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14010210. [PMID: 35057105 PMCID: PMC8781809 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14010210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive and tumour-specific therapy. Photosensitizers (PSs) (essential ingredients in PDT) aggregate easily owing to their lipophilic properties. The aim of this study was to synthesise a PS (methyl pheophorbide a, MPa) and design a biocompatible lipid-based nanocarrier to improve its bioavailability and pharmacological effects. MPa-loaded nano-transfersomes were fabricated by sonication. The characteristics of synthesised PS and nano-transfersomes were assessed. The effects of PDT were evaluated by 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran assay and by measuring photo-cytotoxicity against HeLa and A549 cell lines. The mean particle size and zeta potential for nano-transfersomes ranged from 95.84 to 267.53 nm and −19.53 to −45.08 mV, respectively. Nano-transfersomes exhibited sustained drug release for 48 h in a physiological environment (as against burst release in an acidic environment), which enables its use as a pH-responsive drug release system in PDT with enhanced photodynamic activity and reduced side effects. The formulations showed light cytotoxicity, but no dark toxicity, which meant that light irradiation resulted in anti-cancer effects. Additionally, formulations with the smallest size exhibited photodynamic activity to a larger extent than those with the highest loading capacity or free MPa. These results suggest that our MPa-loaded nano-transfersome system is a promising anti-cancer strategy for PDT.
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- Sooho Yeo
- Correspondence: (S.Y.); (I.Y.); (W.K.L.); Tel.: +82-55-320-3871 (S.Y. & I.Y.); +82-55-320-3875 (W.K.L.); Fax: +82-55-321-7034 (S.Y. & I.Y.); +82-55-320-3875 (W.K.L.)
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- Correspondence: (S.Y.); (I.Y.); (W.K.L.); Tel.: +82-55-320-3871 (S.Y. & I.Y.); +82-55-320-3875 (W.K.L.); Fax: +82-55-321-7034 (S.Y. & I.Y.); +82-55-320-3875 (W.K.L.)
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- Correspondence: (S.Y.); (I.Y.); (W.K.L.); Tel.: +82-55-320-3871 (S.Y. & I.Y.); +82-55-320-3875 (W.K.L.); Fax: +82-55-321-7034 (S.Y. & I.Y.); +82-55-320-3875 (W.K.L.)
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Jing H, Wang P, Chen B, Jiang J, Vairaprakash P, Liu S, Rong J, Chen CY, Nalaoh P, Lindsey JS. Synthesis of bacteriochlorins bearing diverse β-substituents. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj05852e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Eleven bacteriochlorins have been prepared for surface attachment, bioconjugation, water-solubilization, vibrational studies, and elaboration into multichromophore arrays.
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- Haoyu Jing
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Wangchan, Rayong, 21210, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA
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Wang P, Lindsey JS. Synthesis of AD-Dihydrodipyrrins Equipped with Latent Substituents of Native Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls. J Org Chem 2021; 86:11794-11811. [PMID: 34347485 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Native chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls share a common trans-substituted pyrroline ring D (17-propionic acid, 18-methyl), whereas diversity occurs in ring A particularly at the 3-position. Two dihydrodipyrrins equipped with native-like D-ring substituents and tailorable A-ring substituents have been synthesized. The synthesis relies on a Schreiber-modified Nicholas reaction to construct the stereochemically defined precursor to ring D, a dialkyl-substituted pent-4-ynoic acid. The carboxylic acid group of the intact propionic acid proved unworkable, whereupon protected propionate (-CO2tBu) and several latent propyl ethers were examined. The tert-butyldiphenylsilyl-protected propanol substituent proved satisfactory for reaction of the chiral N-acylated oxazolidinone, affording (2S,3S)-2-(3-((tert-butyldiphenylsilyl)oxy)propyl)-3-methylpent-4-ynoic acid in ∼30% yield over 8 steps. Two variants for ring A, 2-tert-butoxycarbonyl-3-Br/H-5-iodo-4-methylpyrrole, were prepared via the Barton-Zard route. Dihydrodipyrrin formation from the pyrrole and pentynoic acid entailed Jacobi Pd-mediated lactone formation, Petasis methenylation, and Paal-Knorr-type pyrroline formation. The two AD-dihydrodipyrrins bear the D-ring methyl and protected propanol groups with a stereochemical configuration identical to that of native (bacterio)chlorophylls, and a bromine or no substitution in ring A corresponding to the 3-position of (bacterio)chlorophylls. The analogous β-position of a lactone-pyrrole intermediate on the path to the dihydrodipyrrin also was successfully brominated, opening opportunities for late-stage diversification in the synthesis of (bacterio)chlorophylls.
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- Pengzhi Wang
- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, United States
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