Synthesis of 2,3-substituted tetracenes and evaluation of their self-assembling properties in organic solvents

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 971-974

  Reichwagen, Jens ^a   Hopf, Henning ^a   Del Guerzo, André ^b   Belin, Colette ^b   Bouas Laurent, Henri ^b   Desvergne, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 18244408507     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol047526z     Document Type: Article

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