About the Authors

Yvonne D. Trigoso

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Dr., Edmund, Oklahoma, 73034, United States of America

Russell C. Evans

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Dr., Edmund, Oklahoma, 73034, United States of America

William E. Karsten

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, United States of America

Lilian Chooback

Lchooback@UCO.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Dr., Edmund, Oklahoma, 73034, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC. Performed the experiments: YDT RCE. Analyzed the data: LC WEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC. Wrote the paper: LC YDT RCE WEK.