Donor-substituted 1,1,4,4-tetracyanobutadienes (TCBDs): New chromophores with efficient intramolecular charge-transfer interactions by atom-economic synthesis

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1889-1905

  Michinobu, Tsuyoshi ^a   Boudon, Corinne ^b   Gisselbrecht, Jean Paul ^b   Seiler, Paul ^a   Frank, Brian ^a   Moonen, Nicolle N P ^a   Gross, Maurice ^b   Diederich, François ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Conjugation; Cycloaddition; Donor acceptor systems; Electrochemistry

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHROMOPHORES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MONOMERS; OLIGOMERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CONJUGATION; CYCLOADDITION; DONOR SUBSTITUTION; DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEMS;

BUTADIENE;

EID: 33644598470     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200501113     Document Type: Article

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