Photoswitching of basicity

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 5968-5972

  Peters, Maike V ^a   Stoll, Ragnar S ^a   Kühn, Andreas ^a   Hecht, Stefan ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azo compounds; Basicity; Chemical amplification; Homogeneous catalysis; Photochromism

Indexed keywords

MODULATION;

AZO COMPOUNDS; BASICITY; CHEMICAL AMPLIFICATION; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; PHOTOCHROMISM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 53549111588     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802050     Document Type: Article

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