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Spectroscopy and Structure Determination

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Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls

Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration ((AIPH,volume 25))

Abstract

Analysis by a combination of absorption-, fluorescence-, circular dichroism-, mass- and nuclear magnetic resonance- spectrometry is often used to investigate the structure of chlorophylls. Here, we show several examples of spectroscopic determination of molecular structure of the recently-discovered chlorophylls and compare them with the well-known chlorophylls, chlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll a.

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  1. Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, 305-8573, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Masami Kobayashi, Machiko Akiyama & Hideo Kise

  2. National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Hiromi Kano

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    Robert J. Porra

  3. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

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Kobayashi, M., Akiyama, M., Kano, H., Kise, H. (2006). Spectroscopy and Structure Determination. In: Grimm, B., Porra, R.J., Rüdiger, W., Scheer, H. (eds) Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4516-6_6

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