Electrically-driven chiroptical switches based on axially dissymmetric 1,1′-binaphthyl and electrochromic viologens: Synthesis and optical properties

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 5393-5396

  Deng, Jian ^a,b   Song, Naiheng ^b   Zhou, Qifeng ^b   Su, Zhixing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 38349172454     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol701822u     Document Type: Article

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