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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 21.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Mar 21;50(23):3071–3073. doi: 10.1039/c4cc00432a

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

Mechanism for the detection of Hcy involving three steps: (i) photolytic generation of Hcy thiyl radical, (ii) hydrogen atom transfer turning the thiyl radical into a α-amino carbon-centred radical, (iii) reduction of BV2+.