Synthesis and properties of functionalized oligo(arylene) molecular wires with thiolated termini: Competing thiol-au and nitro-au assembly

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-136

  Zeng, Xianshun ^a   Wang, Changsheng ^a   Batsanov, Andrei S ^a   Bryce, Martin R ^a   Gigon, Joanna ^b   Urasinska Wojcik, Barbara ^b   Ashwell, Geoffrey J ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLENE; CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY; DIANIONS; DITHIOLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDOX; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON-ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; ELECTRONWITHDRAWING; FLUORENES; FUNCTIONALIZED; GOLD SUBSTRATES; MOLECULAR WIRES; NITRO GROUP; RADICAL ANIONS; RADICAL CATIONS; SUZUKI CROSS COUPLING; THIOLATES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; MONOLAYERS; NANOWIRES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WIRE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

2,7 DIBROMO 3,5 DINITROFLUORENONE; 2,7 DIBROMO 9 (4,5 DIMEHYL 1,3 DITHIOL 2 YLIDENE)FLUORENE; 2,7 DIBROMOFLUORENONE; 3,5 DINITROFLUORENONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GOLD; OLIGO(ARYLENE); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; SULFUR; THIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; WIRE FIXATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 73449132235     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo902205p     Document Type: Article

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