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Binding of tryptophan and tryptophan-containing peptides in water by a glucose naphtho crown ether

  • Gianpaolo Gallo and
  • Bartosz Lewandowski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 541–546, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.42

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  • in water [21]. Crown ether 1 is particularly suited for the sensing of Trp methyl ester, which it binds with a higher affinity than the Phe and Tyr esters. Additionally, the binding of Trp-OMe results in a highly efficient fluorescence quenching of the naphthalene unit in the receptor. Herein, we
  • -containing peptides 2–4 (entry 7, Table 2). For each of the peptides 2–7 containing a Trp residue in the sequence binding to the receptor resulted in significant quenching of its fluorescence (Figure 2 and Figures S1–S5 in Supporting Information File 1). To gain a deeper insight into the binding mode of
  • moiety in the amino acid. This hypothesis is also supported by the significant quenching of the fluorescence of the naphthalene unit in 1 upon addition of increasing amounts of H-Trp-OH to the solution. Additionally, cation–π interactions between the ammonium cation of the guest and the naphthalene of
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Published 10 Mar 2025

Deep-blue emitting 9,10-bis(perfluorobenzyl)anthracene

  • Long K. San,
  • Sebastian Balser,
  • Brian J. Reeves,
  • Tyler T. Clikeman,
  • Yu-Sheng Chen,
  • Steven H. Strauss and
  • Olga V. Boltalina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 515–525, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.39

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  • to suppress undesirable fluorescence self-quenching [15]. Not only do bulky substituents disrupt intermolecular interactions of this type, they can also provide higher chemical stability and reduce or prevent the photodimerization and photo-oxidation to which all acenes are prone [13]. Furthermore
  • at 416 nm is the most red-shifted from ANTH of the listed compounds, resulting in deeper blue fluorescence. It also has the largest Stokes shift of 837 cm−1 (large Stokes shifts are attributed to attenuation of fluorescence by self-quenching processes [30]). Only ANTH obeys the mirror image rule
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Red light excitation: illuminating photocatalysis in a new spectrum

  • Lucas Fortier,
  • Corentin Lefebvre and
  • Norbert Hoffmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 296–326, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.22

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  • can engage in electron-transfer mechanisms to enable radical cascade reactions under red-light irradiation (Scheme 9) [37]. These zinc(II)-based porphyrin catalysts operate via an oxidative quenching cycle, directly facilitating the transfer of an electron from the excited state of the porphyrin to
  • previously observed results, Gianetti et al. have speculated that N,N′-di-n-propyl-1,13-dimethoxyquinacridinium (55, DMQA) tetrafluoroborate could serve as a versatile NIR organic photocatalyst [69]. Redox potentials of this photocatalyst engaged in both oxidative quenching and reductive quenching cycles
  • catalyst, which operates through a reductive quenching mechanism. A suitable reaction pathway was established, leading to moderate to excellent yields of the corresponding phenols 60 (Scheme 15). The reaction primarily involves the oxidation of iPr2NEt (DIPEA) by the excited photocatalyst 55 to generate
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Published 07 Feb 2025

Hot shape transformation: the role of PSar dehydration in stomatocyte morphogenesis

  • Remi Peters,
  • Levy A. Charleston,
  • Karinan van Eck,
  • Teun van Berlo and
  • Daniela A. Wilson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 47–54, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.5

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  • raising the temperature influences most of these parameters, reducing permeability and increasing membrane stiffness due to enhanced sarcosine chain interactions [16]. Heating the sample to 70 °C and then applying osmotic shock through PEG addition, followed by quenching with water, transformed the shape
  • into a stomatocyte as demonstrated in Figure 1. The progression of shape transformation was monitored from 0 to 120 seconds before quenching. Initially, upon heating and immediate quenching, typical vesicles were observed. This contrasted with earlier observations of wrinkled membranes, suggesting
  • formation. b) Transition (30 s): formation of a vesicle with a dent and stomatocytes. c) Further shape transition (60 s): to a wide-open stomatocyte. d) Final (120 s, angle 35°): shape evolved into a disk after 120 s before quenching. The temperature-dependent behavior of vesicles and shape Transformation
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Published 08 Jan 2025

Emerging trends in the optimization of organic synthesis through high-throughput tools and machine learning

  • Pablo Quijano Velasco,
  • Kedar Hippalgaonkar and
  • Balamurugan Ramalingam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 10–38, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.3

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  • consists of a fluid delivery system, mixing tools, reactors, quenching units, pressure regulation units, and collection vessels. The fluid delivery is normally executed using either high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), a syringe, or peristaltic pumps. A passive mixing stage where the reagents are
  • reactant and to feed this information back to the pump for immediate quenching of carbonyldiimidazole to prevent any side reactions. The entire process allows to control the acid activation and amide formation precisely to afford the desired final product in quantitative yield. Recently, Sagmeister et al
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Advances in the use of metal-free tetrapyrrolic macrocycles as catalysts

  • Mandeep K. Chahal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3085–3112, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.257

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  • porphyrin radical anion. Ultimately, protonation of intermediate E led to the final product. Formation of intermediates, such as enamine A and cation radical B, was confirmed using techniques like ESIMS, 1H NMR, and EPR, Stern–Volmer quenching experiments, respectively. All these mechanistic studies
  • coefficients around 104 M−1 cm−1), but they had not been used as photocatalysts in red light-induced processes until very recently. In 2022, Gryko and co-workers screened metal-free porphyrin macrocycles for various organic photochemical reactions that proceed via both oxidative and reductive quenching under
  • light turned out to be as effective as blue light, providing good yields of various photochemical reactions that proceed via both oxidative and reductive quenching mechanisms. Further, using of metal-free porphyrins as photocatalysts in bioorthogonal chemistry was explored. They can be utilized in
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Published 27 Nov 2024

Enantioselective regiospecific addition of propargyltrichlorosilane to aldehydes catalyzed by biisoquinoline N,N’-dioxide

  • Noble Brako,
  • Sreerag Moorkkannur Narayanan,
  • Amber Burns,
  • Layla Auter,
  • Valentino Cesiliano,
  • Rajeev Prabhakar and
  • Norito Takenaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3069–3076, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.255

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  • quenching with aqueous NaOH or NaHCO3 solutions. Results and Discussion Our group recently reported that N,N-diisopropylethylamine required for the synthesis of propargyltrichlorosilane isomerized it to allenyltrichlorosilane in the absence of solvents, and that removal of the amine before the distillation
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Published 25 Nov 2024

Extension of the π-system of monoaryl-substituted norbornadienes with acetylene bridges: influence on the photochemical conversion and storage of light energy

  • Robin Schulte,
  • Dustin Schade,
  • Thomas Paululat,
  • Till J. B. Zähringer,
  • Christoph Kerzig and
  • Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3061–3068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.254

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  • alkynylbenzene and alkynylnaphthalene core is also feasible. Quenching experiments of [Ru(phen)3](PF6)2 (triplet energy ET = 2.19 eV [39]) with 1i in acetonitrile yielded a triplet energy transfer rate of kEnT = 5.8 × 109 M−1 s−1 indicating very efficient deactivation of the triplet sensitizer (Figure S4 in
  • ). Indeed, the quenching efficiency of triplet-excited [Ru(phen)3](PF6)2 by 1i was calculated to be as low as 5% under the highly diluted conditions required for the experiments in Figure 3. In order to gain structural information about the photoproducts, the photoisomerization reactions were also examined
  • intersystem crossing (ISC), internal conversion (IC), or quenching by structural relaxation, etc. Finally, the half-life, t1/2, of the quadricyclane derivatives 2h–l,n was determined by kinetic analysis of the thermally induced cycloreversion to the corresponding norbornadiene derivatives 1h–l,n at 60 °C
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  • excited by the excitation energy transfer is located far from the TPA units, preventing quenching via electron transfer. Meanwhile, around 200 TPA units were included in one polymer molecule. The abovementioned property is induced by the nature of CD, which has many modifiable substituents (hydroxy groups
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Published 19 Nov 2024

Recent advances in transition-metal-free arylation reactions involving hypervalent iodine salts

  • Ritu Mamgain,
  • Kokila Sakthivel and
  • Fateh V. Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2891–2920, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.243

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  • sulfonylation was confirmed as no product was found when carrying out the reaction in the presence of radical scavengers. Stern–Volmer studies indicated a significant fluorescence emission quenching of methylene blue by DIPEA, suggesting a reductive quenching of methylene blue during the reaction. Experiments
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Published 13 Nov 2024

Synthesis of tricarbonylated propargylamine and conversion to 2,5-disubstituted oxazole-4-carboxylates

  • Kento Iwai,
  • Akari Hikasa,
  • Kotaro Yoshioka,
  • Shinki Tani,
  • Kazuto Umezu and
  • Nagatoshi Nishiwaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2827–2833, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.238

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  • . Cyclization of tricarbonylated propargylamine 4 leading to oxazoles 5 To a solution of propargylamine 4a (137 mg, 0.35 mmol) in THF (3 mL), 1.6 M butyllithium hexane solution (230 μL, 0.35 mmol) was added at −78 °C under argon atmosphere, and the resulting mixture was stirred for 5 min. After quenching with
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Investigation of a bimetallic terbium(III)/copper(II) chemosensor for the detection of aqueous hydrogen sulfide

  • Parvathy Mini,
  • Michael R. Grace,
  • Genevieve H. Dennison and
  • Kellie L. Tuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2818–2826, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.237

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  • equivalents (25 μM) were added (Figure S3 in Supporting Information File 1). The addition of 5 equivalents of Cu2+ ions led to 70% reduction in the luminescence signal, though complete quenching of luminescence could not be achieved, even with additional Cu2+ ions. However, as greater than 50% of emission
  • quenching had occurred when three equivalents of Cu2+ ions were added, a [Tb(triazole-DPA)3·3Cu]3+ [Tb.1·3Cu]3+ complex was used for the subsequent HS− sensing experiments. We did extend our study to investigate the luminescent quenching of 5 μM Tb.1 upon the addition of Cu2+ ions when 10 mM HEPES buffer
  • containing 5% DMSO, pH 7.4 was used (Figure S4 in Supporting Information File 1), with a similar degree of quenching to that observed in 10 mM Tris-HCl buffer. The incomplete quenching in luminescence was previously also observed for the Eu(III)/Cu(II) complex [16]. Supramolecular.org [18], an Open Access
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Interaction of a pyrene derivative with cationic [60]fullerene in phospholipid membranes and its effects on photodynamic actions

  • Hayato Takagi,
  • Çetin Çelik,
  • Ryosuke Fukuda,
  • Qi Guo,
  • Tomohiro Higashino,
  • Hiroshi Imahori,
  • Yoko Yamakoshi and
  • Tatsuya Murakami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2732–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.231

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  • Figure 4a, the intensity decreased upon increasing the concentration of the catC60 in the liposomes, showing the quench of PyBA fluorescence by catC60, presumably by interacting in the liposome membrane. The incomplete quenching after the addition of PyBA at a concentration comparable to that of catC60
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Published 30 Oct 2024

Applications of microscopy and small angle scattering techniques for the characterisation of supramolecular gels

  • Connor R. M. MacDonald and
  • Emily R. Draper

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2608–2634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.220

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  • , meaning no drying is required of the material, the material itself needs to be fluorescent (but not quenching upon assembly) or the addition of a dye is required. Such dyes need to be able to stick with the fibres, rather than sitting in the pores. Therefore, the fluorescent material is either chemically
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Published 16 Oct 2024

Facile preparation of fluorine-containing 2,3-epoxypropanoates and their epoxy ring-opening reactions with various nucleophiles

  • Yutaro Miyashita,
  • Sae Someya,
  • Tomoko Kawasaki-Takasuka,
  • Tomohiro Agou and
  • Takashi Yamazaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2421–2433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.206

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  • the production of the possible olefinic product n-C8H17CH=CH2. Moreover, when the reaction mixture was quenched with D2O, incorporation of deuterium was observed to give 11a-D in a high yield which allowed us to conclude the possible presence of the C-copper species just before quenching. Our result
  • the resultant mixture was stirred at 50 °C for 19 h under the open air. After quenching the reaction with 1 M HCl aq., the mixture was extracted with AcOEt three times and the combined organic phase was washed with brine. Evaporation of the volatiles furnished crude materials which were recrystallized
  • mixture was stirred for 0.5 h at that temperature. A solution of 0.1231 g (0.50 mmol) of 2b in Et2O (1.0 mL) was added and the mixture was stirred for 3 h at the same temperature. After quenching the reaction with a saturated NH4Cl aq, the usual workup afforded 0.1116 g (0.40 mmol) of the title compound
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Radical reactivity of antiaromatic Ni(II) norcorroles with azo radical initiators

  • Siham Asyiqin Shafie,
  • Ryo Nozawa,
  • Hideaki Takano and
  • Hiroshi Shinokubo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1967–1972, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.172

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  • core. For the byproducts, 3a would be generated through the quenching of radical I with a hydrogen atom source. Bisdipyrrin 4a could be formed through the ring-opening reaction of I by the homolytic cleavage of the C(sp2)–C(sp2) bond to radical II, the addition of the isobutyronitrile radical, and
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Synthesis and characterization of 1,2,3,4-naphthalene and anthracene diimides

  • Adam D. Bass,
  • Daniela Castellanos,
  • Xavier A. Calicdan and
  • Dennis D. Cao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1767–1772, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.155

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  • has low fluorescence intensity (Φ = 0.006) [20], 7-Hex emits more efficiently with Φ = 0.41. Interestingly, 7-Ph has nearly no emission intensity, as evidenced by the low signal-to-noise ratio in the data and a near-zero quantum yield when excited at 400 nm. This fluorescence quenching is likely
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Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis: current approaches toward the integration of chemical and enzymatic transformations

  • Ryo Tanifuji and
  • Hiroki Oguri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1693–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.151

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  • recombinant SorbC enantioselectively introduced a hydroxy group to generate the reactive intermediate (S)-34 [34]. Cyclohexadienone (S)-34 was relatively stable in aqueous reaction solvents, however, quenching the enzymatic reaction by the addition of organic solvents led to homo-dimerization. Based on these
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Published 23 Jul 2024

Generation of alkyl and acyl radicals by visible-light photoredox catalysis: direct activation of C–O bonds in organic transformations

  • Mithu Roy,
  • Bitan Sardar,
  • Itu Mallick and
  • Dipankar Srimani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1348–1375, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.119

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  • was applicable to various carboxylic acids with electron-donating as well as electron-withdrawing substituents but unfortunately, aliphatic acids were not effective in this reaction. In addition, several control experiments, such as fluorescence quenching and Stern–Volmer studies, were done to analyze
  • the SET transfer process of PPh3 and quenching of photoexcited *[Ir(dF(CF3)ppy)2(bpy)]PF6 by PPh3. Fluorinated organic compounds are widely used in pharmaceuticals and pesticides. Therefore, it is crucial to diversify organic scaffolds by addition of fluorinated groups or by defluorination. In 2020
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Published 14 Jun 2024

Mechanistic investigations of polyaza[7]helicene in photoredox and energy transfer catalysis

  • Johannes Rocker,
  • Till J. B. Zähringer,
  • Matthias Schmitz,
  • Till Opatz and
  • Christoph Kerzig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1236–1245, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.106

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  • ][13][14][15]. Most of the established organic catalysts (acridinium salts [16][17][18][19], cyanoarenes [8][20][21][22], quinones [23][24], etc.) [10][25] are cationic or electron-deficient and tend to act as excited state oxidants in a reductive quenching cycle. Only recently, more reducing catalyst
  • , yielding clear-cut evidence for the proposed reaction mechanism [47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57]. We found that quenching of the singlet-excited Aza-H by 4-cyanopyridine is the main pathway for the 3-CR, while the triplet state of our catalyst, which is formed with a quantum yield as high as
  • potentials of Aza-H and the substrates and initial steady-state fluorescence quenching experiments (Scheme 1, left), but detailed mechanistic insights and direct evidence of the transient radical ions could not be obtained yet [45]. Figure 1A illustrates the absorption and emission spectra of Aza-H in MeCN
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  • . We previously studied substituent effects in acenes and reported that several substituents promote photooxidative resistance in pentacenes [5] and larger acenes including heptacene [6] and nonacene [7]. One or more substituents that promote photooxidative resistance by quenching singlet oxygen could
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Synthesis of 1,4-azaphosphinine nucleosides and evaluation as inhibitors of human cytidine deaminase and APOBEC3A

  • Maksim V. Kvach,
  • Stefan Harjes,
  • Harikrishnan M. Kurup,
  • Geoffrey B. Jameson,
  • Elena Harjes and
  • Vyacheslav V. Filichev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1088–1098, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.96

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  • dichlorophosphane 9 from commercially available PCl3 and ethyl vinyl ether using a previously published procedure [68]. Compound 9 reacted with 1 equiv of benzyl alcohol in absolute Et2O and pyridine at −78 °C, followed by quenching of the reaction mixture with H2O. This procedure provided phosphinate 10 in more
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Advancements in hydrochlorination of alkenes

  • Daniel S. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 787–814, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.72

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  • state thereof, denoted with an asterisk, possessing a reduction potential of 2.0 V versus SCE (saturated calomel electrode). Subsequently, this excited state undergoes quenching through photoinduced electron transfer (PET) with styrene 5. The resulting vinyl radical cation exhibits electrophilicity at
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Published 15 Apr 2024

Synthesis and characterization of water-soluble C60–peptide conjugates

  • Yue Ma,
  • Lorenzo Persi and
  • Yoko Yamakoshi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 777–786, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.71

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  • photodynamic therapy photosensitizers (PDT PSs) [41] and magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents (MRI CAs) [42], which are the most relevant topics in fullerene biological studies. Aggregated fullerenes in the micelle structure may cause self-quenching of the excited state of PS fullerenes or may inhibit
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SOMOphilic alkyne vs radical-polar crossover approaches: The full story of the azido-alkynylation of alkenes

  • Julien Borrel and
  • Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 701–713, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.64

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  • since the formation of a stabilized carbocation might be required for the reaction to occur. Xu [41] and Molander [42] previously reported the quenching of similar cationic species by alkynyl-BF3K salts. Boronate 5a was therefore selected as nucleophilic alkyne. Gratifyingly, using Cu(dap)2Cl in DCE
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