A facile synthesis of elusive alkoxy-substituted hexa-peri- hexabenzocoronene

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 5139-5142

  Wadumethrige, Shriya H ^a   Rathore, Rajendra ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKOXY RADICAL; FLUORENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; HEXA PERI HEXABENZOCORONENE; HEXA-PERI-HEXABENZOCORONENE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALCOHOLS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; FLUORENES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WATER;

EID: 58149177443     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol8020429     Document Type: Article

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