Donor-substituted cyanoethynylethenes: π-conjugation and band-gap tuning in strong charge-transfer chromophores

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3325-3341

  Moonen, Nicolle N P ^a   Pomerantz, William C ^a   Gist, Robin ^a   Boudon, Corinne ^b   Gisselbrecht, Jean Paul ^b   Kawai, Tsuyoshi ^c   Kishioka, Atsushi ^c   Gross, Maurice ^b   Irie, Masahiro ^c   Diederich, François ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkynes; Charge transfer; Conjugation; Electrochemistry; Two photon absorption

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OLIGOMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TUNING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALKYNES; BAND-GAP TUNING; CONJUGATION; CYANOETHYNYLETHENES (CEE); TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 19944391000     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200500082     Document Type: Article

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