C-13 CP/MAS NMR indicates that piperazine forms a hydrogen bond with the C7
-OH group of genistein. The hydroxyl proton is transferred to the piperazin
e nitrogen atom. It is shown that the I-I*-S model of the polarization tran
sfer in isolated spin clusters is also valid for quaternary carbon atoms. (
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