A pentiptycene-derived light-driven molecular brake

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2279-2282

  Yang, Jye Shane ^a   Huang, Yao Ting ^a   Ho, Jinn Hsuan ^a   Sun, Wei Ting ^a   Huang, Hsin Hau ^a   Lin, Ying Chih ^a   Huang, Shing Jong ^a   Huang, Shou Ling ^a   Lu, Hsiu Feng ^b   Chao, Ito ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 59849086634     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol800689a     Document Type: Article

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