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MANY authors have noticed the properties of π-electron delocalization in one or another group of biomolecules. We tried to quote as many of them as we knew about in our article to which Prof. Lemberg refers. What we considered as being a hitherto unnoticed aspect of biochemistry is the general observation that “all the essential biomolecules which are related to, or perform, the fundamental functions of the living matter are constituted of completely or, at least, partially conjugated systems, rich in delocalized π-electrons”.
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PULLMAN, B., PULLMAN, A. Electronic Delocalization and Biochemical Evolution. Nature 198, 1225 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981225a0
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