A redox-controlled molecular switch based on the reversible C-C bond formation in octamethoxytetraphenylene

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 809-812

  Rathore, Rajendra ^a   Magueres, Pierre Le ^a   Lindeman, Sergey V ^a   Kochi, Jay K ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic voltammetry; Electrochemistry; Molecular devices; Radicals

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLOR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034681497     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(20000218)39:4<809::AID-ANIE809>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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