Synthesis and characterization of teranthene: A singlet biradical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having kekulé structures

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 11021-11023

  Konishi, Akihito ^a   Hirao, Yasukazu ^a   Nakano, Masayoshi ^a   Shimizu, Akihiro ^a   Botek, Edith ^b   Champagne, Benoît ^b   Shiomi, Daisuke ^c   Sato, Kazunobu ^c   Takui, Takeji ^c   Matsumoto, Kouzou ^a   Kurata, Hiroyuki ^a   Kubo, Takashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE FORM; GEOMETRICAL CONSIDERATIONS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION;

MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RADICAL; TERANTHENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; CYCLIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955587750     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja1049737     Document Type: Article

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