Ishii T, Matsubara S, Tamiaki H. Ring-shaped self-assembly of a naphthalene-linked chlorophyll dimer.
Chem Commun (Camb) 2023;
59:1967-1970. [PMID:
36723005 DOI:
10.1039/d2cc06368a]
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Abstract
Light-harvesting antennas, for example the LH2 complex in purple bacteria, sophisticatedly align chlorophyll molecules in a cyclic fashion by using protein scaffolds. However, artificial preparation of the circular LH antenna model without any templates has not been reported. We demonstrated the construction of ring-shaped supramolecules by self-assembly of a semisynthetic chlorophyll dimer through a transformation from wavy fiber-like aggregates.
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