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IN the course of electrolytic and polarographic studies on chlorophyll and related compounds, we have found that reduction of chlorophyll a and b in aprotic solvents involves an unusual sequence of events which differ markedly from those observed in protolytic solvents1,2.
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FELTON, R., SHERMAN, G. & LINSCHITZ, H. Formation of Phase Test Intermediate of Chlorophyll by Electrolytic Reduction. Nature 203, 637–639 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203637b0
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