On the "gluing" effect of lithium: The lithium-driven assembly of circum-arranged, edge-fused cyclopentadienyl lithium compounds and aza analogues

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3123-3129

  Saá, José M ^a   Yañez, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclopentadienyl; Density functional calculations; Lithium; Self assembly; Triazolyls

Indexed keywords

AZA ANALOGUES; BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES; CIRCULENES; CYCLOPENTADIENYL; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DESIGNING COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES; TRIAZOLYLS;

BENZENE; GLUING; LITHIUM; OLIGOMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 64049107895     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200801057     Document Type: Article

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