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Supporting information
Click-Activated Fluorescent Probe for Selective Detection of Hydrazoic Acid

and Its Applications to Biological Imagings

Yi Zhou,a Yue-Wei Yao,b Qi Qi,b Yuan Fang,a Jing-Yun Li,c Cheng Yao,*a
(a) State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering and College of Science, Nanjing
University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
(b) College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R.
China
(c) Model Animal Research Center, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210061, P. R. China

Email: [email protected] Tel.: +86 25 83587433; Fax: +86 25 83587433;

Contents
Reagents and Apparatus--------------------------------------------------------------Page S2

Preparation of the detection system ----------------------------------------------- Page S2

Synthesis and Characterization of probe ------------------------------------------ Page S3

Kinetic Studies ------------------------------------------------------------------------Page S9

Detection limit -----------------------------------------------------------------------Page S10

Photophysical properties ----------------------------------------------------------Page S11

Cell Culture and Fluorescence Imaging -------------------------------------------Page S11

Theoretical and Computational Methods -----------------------------------------Page S12

References------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page S14

XYZ Coordinates and SCF Energies-----------------------------------------------Page S15

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Reagents and Apparatus

Unless otherwise stated, all reagents were purchased from commercial suppliers and used without
further purification. Solvents were purified and dried using standard procedures. Tris-triazoleamine
ligand was prepared as described by Chan and Fokin.1 Electrospray ionization mass spectra (ESI-MS)
was measured on a Micromass LCTTM system. Fluorescence measurements were performed at room
temperature on a Perkin-Elmer LS 50B fluorescence spectrophotometer. 1H-NMR and 13
C NMR were
measured on a BrukerAV-400 or BrukerAV-300 spectrometer with chemical shifts reported in ppm (in
CDCl3 or DMSO-d6; TMS as internal standard). Data were presented as follows: Chemical shift (in
ppm on the scale and TMS as internal standard), integration, multiplicity (s = singlet, d = doublet, t =
triplet, q = quartet, and m = multiplet), coupling constant (J/Hz), and interpretation. pH measurements
were made with a Sartorius basic pH meter PB-10. TLC analysis was performed on silica gel plates.
Column chromatography was conducted over silica gel (mesh 200–300), and both were obtained from
the Qingdao Ocean Chemicals.

Preparation of the detection system

HAN1
A stock solution of HAN1 (10 mM) was prepared in DMSO and was stored at -20 °C for spectrum and
biological imaging investigation.
Preparation of hydrazoic acid
0.1 M hydrazoic acid solution was prepared by treatment of 0.1 M barium azide solution with 0.1 M
sulfuric acid, futher filtered the insoluble barium sulfate.
Preparation of acetic acid/acetate buffer
pH 4.5 (0.2 M Sodium Acetate Solution): Weigh 27.20 g of Sodium Acetate Trihydrate into a one liter
volumetric flask. Add 800 mL of deionized water. Mix and dissolve. Bring the pH down to 4.5 with
Glacial Acetic Acid. Finally adjust the volume to one liter with deionized water to obtain 1000 mL of
solution having a pH of 4.50 ± 0.05.
pH 4.0 (0.2 M Sodium Acetate Solution): Weigh 27.20 g of Sodium Acetate Trihydrate into a one liter
volumetric flask. Add 800 mL of deionized water. Mix and dissolve. Bring the pH down to 4.0 with
Glacial Acetic Acid. Finally adjust the volume to one liter with deionized water to obtain 1000 mL of
solution having a pH of 4.00 ± 0.05.
Preparation of RNS and ROS
NO2-
NO2- was prepared from the source of NaNO2 at room temperature in acetic acid/acetate buffer (pH 4.5).
ONOO-
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peroxynitrite concentration was determined by using an extinction coefficient of 1670 ± 50

cm−1(mol/L)−1 at 302 nm.2
OH•
Hydroxyl radicals was generated by the addition of Fe2+ (1 mM) and H2O2 (1 mM) at room temperature
in acetic acid/acetate buffer (pH 4.5), and the mixture was then stirred for 30 min.
HOCl
HOCl was prepared from the source of NaOCl at room temperature in acetic acid/acetate buffer (pH
4.5). The concentration of HOCl was determined by titration with Na2S2O3.
O2•-
Superoxide was prepared from the source of KO2 at room temperature in acetic acid/acetate buffer (pH
4.5).
NO
Nitric oxide was prepared from a saturated NO aqueous solution (~2 mM) at room temperature in
acetic acid/acetate buffer (pH 4.5).
HNO
Nitroxyl donor (HNO) was generated from sodium trioxodinitrate (Na2N2O3, Angeli’s salt). Angeli’s
salt was prepared as described by King and Nagasawa and was stored at -20 °C until needed.3
ROO•
ROO• was generated from 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane)dihydrochloride (CAS: 2997-92-4), which
was dissolved in deionized water first and then added into probe testing solutions at room temperature
in acetic acid/acetate buffer (pH 4.5) for 30 min.

Synthesis and Characterization of Probe

4-Bromo-N-hydroxydiethyl ether-1,8-naphthalimide

To a solution of 4-bromo-1,8-naphthalic anhydride 1 (2.77 g, 10.0 mmol) in 40 mL ethanol was added

1-amino-2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethane (1.57 g, 15.0 mmol) and the mixed solution was refluxed at 80 °C
for ~25 h, TLC (PE:EA, 8:2) indicated the formation of the product (Rf = 0.5) with the complete
consumption of starting material (Rf = 0.2). After cooling to room temperature, the brown color
suspension was put into water. The resulting precipitate was filtered and washed with water, and dried
to yield a light yellow product 2 (3.05 g, 84%).1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ = 8.55 (dd, J = 11.8,

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7.9 Hz, 2H, Ar-H), 8.32 (d, J = 7.9 Hz, 1H, Ar-H), 8.21 (d, J = 7.9 Hz, 1H, Ar-H), 7.99 (dd, J = 8.3, 7.4
Hz, 1H, Ar-H), 4.58 (s, 1H,-OH), 4.23 (t, J = 6.5 Hz, 2H, -CH2-), 3.66 (t, J = 6.5 Hz, 2H, -CH2-), 3.47
(s, 4H, -CH2-).13C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ = 162.74, 162.69, 132.50, 131.49, 131.23, 130.85,
129.56, 129.11, 128.65, 128.02, 122.44, 121.66, 72.07, 66.76, 60.15. ESI-MS: m/z 365.1 [M+H]+,
387.1 [M+Na]+.

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4-Ethylnyl-N-hydroxydiethyl ether-1,8-naphthalimide

Reagents and conditions:a) Pd(PPh3)2Cl2/PPh3/CuI, tri-methylsilylacetylene, THF/DIPEA, RT, N2,

69%; b) 1M TBAF in THF, 50 °C, 60 min, 32% (2 steps).
Step 1: 4-Bromo-N-hydroxydiethyl ether-1,8-naphthalimide 2 (1.82 g, 5.0 mmol), Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (351
mg, 0.5 mmol), PPh3(262 mg, 1.0 mmol) and copper iodide (190 mg, 1.0 mmol) were dissolved in THF
(dry, 25 mL) and DIPEA (1.0 mL, 5.74 mmol) under nitrogen atmosphere. Trimethylsilylacetylene
(1.06 mL, 0.75 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 12 hours. TLC
(EA:DCM, 1:9) indicated the formation of product (Rf = 0.35) with the complete consumption of
starting material. The reaction mixture was then poured into water and extracted with chloroform. The
organic layer was washed with sat. aqueous NH4Cl and dried over anhydrous Na2SO4. The solvent was
removed and the residue was purified by column chromatography (EA:DCM, 1:9) to afford a light

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yellow intermediate 3 (1.31 g, yield: 69%). M.p. 116.4~118.5 °C. ESI-MS: m/z 382.1 [M+H]+.
Step 2: To a solution of the intermediate 3 (381 mg, 1.0 mmol) in THF (dry, 10 mL) was added
tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride (TBAF, 1 M in THF, 5.0 mmol) and the mixture was stirred at 50 °C
for 60 min under nitrogen atmosphere. TLC (EA:DCM, 1:4) indicated the formation of product (Rf =
0.25) with the complete consumption of starting material. The reaction mixture was diluted with water,
and the precipitates were filtered. The solid was purified by column chromatography (EA:DCM, 1:3)
resulting in a light yellow solid (98.9 mg, 32%). M.p. 137.0~137.7 °C. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ
= 8.64 (t, J = 7.5 Hz, 2H, Ar-H), 8.52 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H, Ar-H), 7.92 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H, Ar-H), 7.82 (t,
J = 7.9 Hz, 1H, Ar-H), 4.44 (t, J = 5.6 Hz, 2H, -CH2-), 3.86 (t, J = 5.6 Hz, 2H, -CH2-), 3.74 (s, 1H,
13
C H), 3.68 (d, J = 4.0 Hz, 4H, -CH2-), 2.20 (s, 1H, -OH). C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 164.17,
163.89, 132.36, 131.94, 131.87, 131.63, 130.34, 127.96, 127.69, 126.43, 122.78, 122.60, 86.63, 80.26,
72.24, 68.37, 61.84. ESI-MS: m/z 310.2 [M+H]+, 332.2 [M+Na]+.

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Reaction probe HAN1 with HN3 in aqueous media

HAN1 (31.0 mg, ~0.1 mmol) was dissolved in 10% CH3CN/H2O (5 mL, Containing 10.0 mM
Tris-triazoleamine and 5.0 mM CuBr catalyst) and followed by the addition of 0.5 mol/L HN3(5 mL,
Prepared by treatment of 0.5 mol/L barium azide solution with 0.5 mol/L dilute sulfuric acid). The
reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 h and conversion was checked by analytical

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HPLC/MS (Trizole yield: >80%). (4.6 mm x 150 mm 5 μm C18 column; 5 μL injection; 10%
CH3CN/H2O, linear gradient, with constant 0.1 % v/v TFA additive; 20 min run; 1 mL/min flow; ESI;
UV detection at 254 nm); ESI-MS: (positive ion mode) m/z 353.2 [M+H]+, 375.2 [M+Na]+; (negative
ion mode) m/z 351.4 [M-H]-.
Then, the reaction mixture was removed of solvent and the residue was checked by NMR without purify.
1
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ = 9.08 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 1H, Ar-H), 8.57 (s, 1H, trizole), 8.48 (dd, J =
10.4, 7.4 Hz, 2H, Ar-H), 8.11 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H, Ar-H), 7.89-7.84 (m, 1H, Ar-H), 4.23 (t, J = 6.5 Hz,
2H, -CH2-), 3.67 (t, J = 6.5 Hz, 2H, -CH2-), 3.48 (s, 4H,-CH2-).
ESI-MS and 1H NMR clear indicated that the reaction of HAN1 and HN3 proceed through a
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Kinetic Studies
The kinetic studies of probe HAN1 (50 μM) with HN3 (200 μM) was determined at room temperature
in acetic acid/acetate buffer (pH 4.5). The pseudo-first-order rate constant value was fitted from the
emission intensity data at 463 nm following the modified pseudo-first-order equation: 4

Ln [(ΔImax –ΔIt)/ΔImax] = - k’t

Here ΔIt = It-Imin and ΔI max = Imax-Imin, where Imin, It, and Imax are the fluorescence intensities of HAN1
considered in the absence of F-, at an intermediate time t, and at the time a reaction complete. k’ is the
pseudo-first-order rate constant. The pseudo-first-order plot for the reaction of HAN1 with HN3 is
shown in Figure S1. From the plot of Ln[(ΔImax –ΔIt)/ΔImax] against t, the value of k’ was determined
by fluorescence time course method for HAN1 with HN3 : k’ = 1.092×10-4 s-1.

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(a) Ex@365nm, Em@463nm (b) 0

2500
-1 -1
Emission Intensity

k'=1.092*10-3 s
2000

Ln [G]
-2
1500

1000 -3

500 -4

0
0 50 100 150 200 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Time (min) Time (min)

Figure S1: (a) Time course of reaction of HAN1 (50 μM) with HN3 (200 μM) at room temperature in
acetic acid/acetate buffer (pH 4.5) for 0-200 min. (b) Pseudo-first-order kinetic plot of the reaction of
HAN1 (50 μM) with HN3 (200 μM). [G] = (ΔImax –ΔIt /ΔImax), Slope = 1.092×10-3 s-1, R= 0.98091.

Detection limit
The detection limit was calculated based on the fluorescence titration. To determine the S/N ratio, the
emission intensity of probe HAN1 in the absence of HN3 was measured. The value of [DL] was
estimated on the basis of the signal-to-noise ratio: For HAN1 with HN3: [DL]= ~42.1 μM,.

Figure S2: (a) Fluorescence titration of HAN1 (50 μM) upon addition of HN3 (0 ~ 250 μM) at room
temperature in acetic acid/acetate buffer (pH 4.5) with excitation at 365 nm.

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Photophysical properties

2500
Emission Intensity

2000
HAN1
HAN1+Ba(N3)2+ H2SO4
1500 HAN1+N2N4+ HNO2

1000

500

0
400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800
Wavelength (nm)

Figure S3: Fluorescence spectra of HAN1 (50 μM) in acetic acid/acetate buffer (pH 4.5) recorded 60
min after the addition of HN3 (200 μM). Red line: HN3 prepared by the reaction of barium azide
solution with sulfuric acid; Blue line: HN3 prepared by the reaction of aqueous hydrazine with nitrous
acid.5

2500

2000
I 463nm

1500

1000

500

0
HAN1 Cys Hcys GSH NaHS NaHSO3 HN3

Figure S4: Fluorescence responses of HAN1 (50 μM) with RSS species: Cys (200 μM), Hcys (200
μM), GSH (200 μM), NaSH (200 μM), and NaHSO3 (200 μM).

Cell Culture and Fluorescence Imaging

The HAN1 working solution for cell staining was prepared from a 10 mM stock DMSO solution by
diluting with PBS (pH~5.2) to a final concentration of 20 μM. Hela cells (cervical cancer cells) were
dropped on the poly-D-lysine-coated 35 mm glass bottom dishes (Mat Tek Corp) at a density of 2×103
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bovine serum (FBS, Sigma), penicillin (100 μg mL-1), and streptomycin (100 μg mL-1) at 37 °C in a
humidified atmosphere with 5% CO2 and 95% air for 24 h prior to staining. All cellular fluorescent
images were collected on an FV1000-IX81 confocal microscope. Images were collected using IPP
software (Olympus) by confocal microscope.
To ascertain the cytotoxic effect of HAN1 treatment over a 12 h, the MTT assay was performed. HeLa
cells (5×104) in the log phase were seeded in 96-well plates. After 24 h incubation, the cells were
treated with different concentrations of 20 μM HAN1/5 μM Tris-triazoleamine catalyst/5 μM CuBr in
PBS pH~7.4 for 12 h. MTT (3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) solutions
were added after treatments and incubated for additional 4 h. DMSO was added to solubilize the
formazan crystal, and he absorbance of each well was measured by a microplate reader (SPECTRA
SLT; Labinstruments, Salzburg, Austria). The cell viability fraction (%) was calculated as follows: cell
viability fraction (%) = OD492nmin test cells/OD492nmin control cells ×100%.
Table S1. Cell viability was quantified by the MTT assay
HAN1/catalyst/ CuBr 1 2 3

Cell viability 86.4% 83.1% 84.6%

Zebrafish were kept at 28.5°C and maintained at optimal breeding conditions. For mating, male and
female zebrafish were maintained in one tank at 28.5°C on a 12 h light/12 h dark cycle and then the
spawning of eggs were triggered by giving light stimulation in the morning. Almost all the eggs were
fertilized immediately. The 19 dpf old zebrafish was maintained in E3 embryo media (15 mM NaCl,
0.5 mM KCl, 1 mM MgSO4, 1 mM CaCl2, 0.15 mM KH2PO4, 0.05 mM Na2HPO4, 0.7 mM NaHCO3,
10-5% methylene blue; pH 7.5).6 Experiments to detect HN3 were performed in PBS (pH~5.2) media
with 20 μM HAN1 for 30 min. All zebrafish fluorescent images were collected on a fluorescent
dissecting microscope (Leica) equipped with a DP70 digital imaging system (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan)
with a GFP filter set.

Theoretical and Computational Methods

The Gaussian 03 package refer to Gaussian 03, Revision D.01: Frisch, M. J.; Trucks, G. W.; Schlegel,
H. B.; Scuseria, G. E.; Robb, M. A.; Cheeseman, J. R.; Montgomery, J. A., Jr.; Vreven, T.; Kudin, K.
N.; Burant, J. C.; Millam, J. M.; Iyengar, S. S.; Tomasi, J.; Barone, V.; Mennucci, B.; Cossi, M.;
Scalmani, G.; Rega, N.; Petersson, G. A.; Nakatsuji, H.; Hada, M.; Ehara, M.; Toyota, K.; Fukuda, R.;
Hasegawa, J.; Ishida, M.; Nakajima, T.; Honda, Y.; Kitao, O.; Nakai, H.; Klene, M.; Li, X.; Knox, J. E.;
Hratchian, H. P.; Cross, J. B.; Bakken, V.; Adamo, C.; Jaramillo, J.; Gomperts, R.; Stratmann, R. E.;
Yazyev, O.; Austin, A. J.; Cammi, R.; Pomelli, C.; Ochterski, J. W.; Ayala, P. Y.; Morokuma, K.; Voth,
G. A.; Salvador, P.; Dannenberg, J. J.; Zakrzewski, V. G.; Dapprich, S.; Daniels, A. D.; Strain, M. C.;
Farkas, O.; Malick, D. K.; Rabuck, A. D.; Raghavachari, K.; Foresman, J. B.; Ortiz, J. V.; Cui, Q.;
Baboul, A. G.; Clifford, S.; Cioslowski, J.; Stefanov, B. B.; Liu, G.; Liashenko, A.; Piskorz, P.;

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Komaromi, I.; Martin, R. L.; Fox, D. J.; Keith, T.; Al-Laham, M. A.; Peng, C. Y.; Nanayakkara, A.;
Challacombe, M.; Gill, P. M. W.; Johnson, B.; Chen, W.; Wong, M. W.; Gonzalez, C.; Pople, J. A.
Gaussian 03, RevisionD.01, Gaussian, Inc., Wallingford, CT, 2004.
The Density functional theory (DFT) and time dependent Density functional theory (TD-DFT)
methods have been carried out to study the ground state structure and electron transition for compounds
HAN1 and HAN1-Trizole. The latter method has been confirmed to be an effective candidate to carry
out the electron transition. Herein, the Becke’s three-parameter hybrid exchange functional with
lee-Yang-Parr gradient-corrected correlation (B3LYP functional)7,8 has been used with the 6-31G(d)
basis sets to be an appropriate basis set. The geometries for HAN1 and HAN1-Trizole were fully
optimized without symmetry constraints, and all the local minima were confirmed by the absence of an
imaginary mode in vibration analysis. The electronic distributions and localizations were calculated
using the electron density difference maps (EDDMs) with Gauss-Sum2.2.5 software package.9 An
EDDM is a representation of the changes in electron density that occur for a given electronic transition.

Figure S5: Calculated HOMOs and LUMOs of HAN1 (left) and HAN1-Trizole (right).

The ICT mechanism was confirmed via time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) method
with 6-31G(d) basis sets. Molecular excitation energies, oscillator strengths (f) and electron transitions
were listed in Table S2 using conductor-like polarizable continuum model (C-PCM) for water. Figure
S4 displayed that both of the molecules showed the main transition assigned to S0→S1 from HOMO to
LUMO with the largest f ~4.0.
Electrons in HOMO for the two molecules were delocalized over the conjugated platform of
naphthalimide. For HAN1, the electrons in LUMO exhibit large overlap with those in HOMO to result
in localized state (LE), and consequently triggering strong fluorescence emission. With HAN1-Trizole,
the compound exhibited the LE state over the conjugated platform of naphthalimide including the
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triazole group. These calculations were consisted with the experimental results and rationalize the ICT
process.
Table S2. Calculated electronic transitions energies for HAN1 and HAN1-Trizole
obtained from TD-DFT/B3LYP/TZVP calculations
HAN1
Transitions λcal (nm) f CI expansion coefficients
S0-S1 367.5 0.4098 0.64245(HOMO-LUMO)
S0-S2 323.7 0.0001 0.64652(HOMO-4-LUMO)
S0-S3 317.5 0.0375 0.63658(HOMO-2-LUMO)
S0-S4 308.0 0.0002 0.66382(HOMO-1-LUMO)
S0-S5 294.7 0.0372 0.55565(HOMO-5-LUMO)
HAN1-Trizole
Transitions λcal (nm) f CI expansion coefficients
S0-S1 366.0 0.4344 0.64932(HOMO-LUMO)
S0-S2 321.4 0.0006 0.64775(HOMO-5-LUMO)
S0-S3 314.9 0.0327 0.639(HOMO-2-LUMO)
S0-S4 306.6 0.0007 0.66129(HOMO-1-LUMO)
S0-S5 297.4 0.0217 0.66137(HOMO-4-LUMO)

In order to provide further demonstration for the molecular electron transition in the two compounds,
the electron density difference maps (EDDMS) of the main states have been calculated using
Gauss-Sum2.2.5 sofeware package. The EDDMS obtained the same results as TD-DFT to reveal the
ICT mechanism.

Figure S6: The EDDMS for the first excited state of HAN1 and HAN1-Trizole. The green mark
showed the increasing electron density and the red region showed the the decreasing electron density.

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XYZ Coordinates (angstrom) and SCF Energies (a.u.)

Note: upper case letters before the atomic coordinates indicate the atomic symbol of the atoms
involved in the calculations.
HAN1 SCF -1050.57007281
C -3.36674500 -0.62934900 0.06277400
C -2.56840300 0.56318500 0.00301000
C -1.16533300 0.43126500 -0.24658600
C -0.59225000 -0.84839300 -0.45484100
C -1.38925400 -1.97702500 -0.41686400
C -2.76470500 -1.86431100 -0.15533400
C -0.34495100 1.58780500 -0.29471300
C 0.86204500 -0.99916300 -0.71426400
C 1.11501900 1.47105000 -0.54277200
H -3.36232400 -2.76852100 -0.08197500
C -3.09835200 1.87251600 0.15251400
C -2.28003600 2.98296200 0.09831700
C -0.89525000 2.84380100 -0.11530100
H -4.16554000 1.99861600 0.29566900
H -2.70829800 3.97411800 0.21364700
N 1.62127400 0.17957300 -0.76549000
H -0.92901600 -2.94656100 -0.57490000
H -0.24159500 3.70864100 -0.15646600
O 1.38700800 -2.09137200 -0.88199800
O 1.85645800 2.44333900 -0.56160300
C 3.05884900 0.05155800 -1.05272100
C 3.88116900 -0.13066100 0.22226300
H 3.37666000 0.95806500 -1.56704800
H 3.19253200 -0.81363200 -1.70165200
H 3.73835000 0.73367100 0.88990800
H 3.55504700 -1.03773000 0.75521700
O 5.23232100 -0.24023100 -0.17751600
C 6.12439200 -0.41900000 0.90675400
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H 5.88706100 -1.33673400 1.46818800

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H 6.06874000 0.42741700 1.60978900

H 7.57386900 -1.36203500 -0.36925500
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N -6.87707000 -0.32478300 1.17458600
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N -5.72372600 -1.34918500 -0.29600900
H -5.58379800 -1.94321900 -1.10252800

HAN1-Trizole SCF -1215.46393883

C -3.36674500 -0.62934900 0.06277400
C -2.56840300 0.56318500 0.00301000
C -1.16533300 0.43126500 -0.24658600
C -0.59225000 -0.84839300 -0.45484100
C -1.38925400 -1.97702500 -0.41686400
C -2.76470500 -1.86431100 -0.15533400
C -0.34495100 1.58780500 -0.29471300
C 0.86204500 -0.99916300 -0.71426400
C 1.11501900 1.47105000 -0.54277200
H -3.36232400 -2.76852100 -0.08197500
C -3.09835200 1.87251600 0.15251400
C -2.28003600 2.98296200 0.09831700
C -0.89525000 2.84380100 -0.11530100
H -4.16554000 1.99861600 0.29566900
H -2.70829800 3.97411800 0.21364700
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O 5.23232100 -0.24023100 -0.17751600
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C 7.53059700 -0.51772100 0.33555300
H 5.88706100 -1.33673400 1.46818800

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H 6.06874000 0.42741700 1.60978900

H 7.57386900 -1.36203500 -0.36925500
H 7.75537800 0.40150000 -0.22657800
O 8.41207100 -0.69762000 1.43702100
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N -6.96910400 -1.17837200 0.19143200
C -5.57992500 0.06645300 1.30636400
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N -5.72372600 -1.34918500 -0.29600900
H -5.58379800 -1.94321900 -1.10252800

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