Functionalized thiophene-based [7]helicene: Chirooptical properties versus electron delocalization

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7504-7513

  Rajca, Andrzej ^a   Pink, Maren ^b   Xiao, Shuzhang ^a   Miyasaka, Makoto ^a   Rajca, Suchada ^a   Das, Kausik ^a   Plessel, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUPS; BENZODITHIOPHENE; BUILDING BLOCKES; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CHIROOPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED; HELICENES; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY ANALYSIS; TERMINAL POSITION;

BROMINE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRONS; SULFUR; THIOPHENE;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

[7]HELICENE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CYCLOHEXANE; SULFUR; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; THIOPHENES;

EID: 70349466668     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo901769c     Document Type: Article

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