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Chemical Communications

The structure of chlorophyll a–water complexes: insights from quantum chemistry calculations†

A. Ben Fredj,a   Z. Ben Lakhdara  and  M. F. Ruiz-López*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique, Moléculaire et Applications, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisia
E-mail: erijbf@yahoo.fr, zohra.lakhdar@fst.rnu.tn
Fax: +216 71885073
Tel: +216 71882200

b Equipe de Chimie et Biochimie Théoriques, SRSMC, Nancy-University, BP 239, France
E-mail: Manuel.Ruiz@cbt.uhp-nancy.fr
Fax: +33 383684371
Tel: +33 383684372

Abstract

Computations show that chlorophyll a is able to coordinate a maximum of two water molecules in hydrophobic media that form a bridge between the Mg atom and the methyl ester carbonyl group.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B716800D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Oct 2007
Accepted
29 Nov 2007
First published
18 Dec 2007

Chem. Commun., 2008, 718-720

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