All reagents
and solvents were purchased from
Sigma–Aldrich, Alfa Aesar, or Toronto Research Chemicals, except
for
deuterated solvents, which were purchased from Cambridge Isotope
Laboratories. Flash chromatography was performed on a Biotage SP1
instrument with HP-Sil columns. NMR spectroscopy was performed on
a 400 MHz Varian spectrometer (Oxford AS-400) operating at 25 °C,
unless otherwise specified. Spectra were referenced to the solvent
peak according to published values,
50 (link) except
for
31P spectra, which were referenced to orthophosphate
or phosphoric acid (0 ppm). High-resolution mass spectrometry was
carried out on a Waters Q-TOF micro LC-MS or an Agilent 6520 QTOF
LC-MS. Low resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS)
was performed on a Bruker
Esquire 6000 with direct injection. Preparative
high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) purification was performed
on a Varian ProStar instrument with a Dynamax Microsorb C18 column
(250 mm × 21.4 mm). Data analysis was performed using
Prism software(GraphPad).
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