Convenient iterative synthesis of an octameric tetracarboxylate-functionalized oligophenylene rod with divergent end groups

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Volumn 2, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3201-3204

  Read, Mark W ^a   Escobedo, Jorge O ^a   Willis, Douglas M ^a   Beck, Patricia A ^a   Strongin, Robert M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000700383     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol000204k     Document Type: Article

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