5,5″-disubstituted 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridines through and for metal-mediated cross-coupling chemistry

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 854-859

  Lehmann, Uwe ^a   Henze, Oliver ^a   Schlüter, A Dieter ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross coupling; Modular chemistry; Supramolecular chemistry; Terpyridines

Indexed keywords

PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CROSS LINKING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033055486     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3765(19990301)5:3<854::AID-CHEM854>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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