Giant macrocycles composed of thiophene, acetylene, and ethylene building blocks

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 51, 2006, Pages 16740-16747

  Nakao, Kazumi ^a   Nishimura, Masayuki ^a   Tamachi, Tomoya ^a   Kuwatani, Yoshiyuki ^a   Miyasaka, Hitoshi ^a,b   Nishinaga, Tohru ^a   Iyoda, Masahiko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DERIVATIVES; ETHYLENE; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CYCLIC CONJUGATION; MACROCYCLIC OLIGOTHIOPHENES; MCMURRY COUPLING REACTIONS; MOLECULAR DIAMETERS;

MACROMOLECULES;

ACETYLENE; ETHYLENE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; THIOPHENE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONJUGATION; DEHYDROBROMINATION; MCMURRY COUPLING REACTION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOANALYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SONOGASHIRA REACTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACETYLENE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; ETHYLENES; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THIOPHENES;

EID: 33845948753     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja067077t     Document Type: Article

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