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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Dec 3;130(48):16262–16273. doi: 10.1021/ja8044986

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Splitting of the ip and oop orbitals of the free phenolate (center) and in model complexes [M(NH3)3phenO]+ where M = ZnII or CuII. Left side is for the L1 ring conformation and right side is for the L3 ring conformation. All energies are in cm-1.