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Synfacts 2009(5): 0497-0497  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1216571
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Harvesting the Light

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Trisha L. Andrew
Y. Kuramochi, A. S. D. Sandanayaka, A. Satake, Y. Araki, K. Ogawa, O. Ito*, Y. Kobuke*
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma and Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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22 April 2009 (online)

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Significance

A synthetic mimic of a bacterial light-harvesting complex (LHC) was synthesized. The model system LHC1 consisted of a 1:1 complex between the porphyrin macrocycle MC1 and a tripodal ligand containing three pyridine moieties.