Planarized Star-Shaped Oligothiophenes with Enhanced π-Electron Delocalization

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-276

  Nicolas, Yohann ^a   Blanchard, Philippe ^a   Levillain, Eric ^a   Allain, Magali ^a   Mercier, Nicolas ^a   Roncali, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

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Indexed keywords

THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OPTICS; SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0842285212     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0362764     Document Type: Article

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