Photoswitchable and long-lived seven-membered cyclic singlet diradicals for the bioorthogonal photoclick reaction† † Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Details on experimental procedures, spectral properties, HPLC traces, computational data, and characterization of all new compounds. CCDC 2246955 and 2223266. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc03675h
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SUBMITTER: Hu F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10664533 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov
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