The structure of chlorophyll a-water complexes: insights from quantum chemistry calculations.
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.
Ben Fredj
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Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique, Moléculaire et Applications, Faculty des Sciences de Tunis, 1060 Tunis, Tunisia. erijbf@yahoo.fr
Ben Lakhdar
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Ruiz-López
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