title: The structure of chlorophyll a-water complexes: insights from quantum chemistry calculations.
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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique, Moléculaire et Applications, Faculty des Sciences de Tunis, 1060 Tunis, Tunisia. erijbf@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Fredj
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ben Lakhdar
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ruiz-López