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. 2021 May 12;22(10):5106. doi: 10.3390/ijms22105106

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Molecular structures of acetylcholine (ACh), nicotine (NIC) and the neonicotinoids clothianidin (CLO) and acetamiprid (ACE). NIC, the molecular template of most neonicotinoids, is protonated at physiological pH, whereas CLO and ACE possess an electronegative nitro- and cyano- functional group, respectively [25].