The structure of hexabenzotriphenylene and the problem of overcrowded 'D(3h)' polycyclic aromatic compounds

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 727-733

  Barnett, Lisa ^a   Ho, Douglas M ^a   Baldridge, Kim K ^b   Pascal Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; HEXABENZOTRIPHENYLENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR MODEL; PYROLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033518562     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja983471i     Document Type: Article

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