The tetracyanoquinodimethane motif in overcrowded bistricyclic aromatic enes: Avoiding thermochromism

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2887-2894

  Pogodin, Sergey ^a   Suissa, Michal Rachel ^a,b   Levy, Amalia ^a   Cohen, Shmuel ^a   Agranat, Israel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conformation analysis; Density functional calculations; Strained molecules; Thermochromism; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749090348     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200701125     Document Type: Article

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