Synthetic chemistry of acenes and heteroacenes

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2070-2108

  Qu, Hemi ^a   Chi, Chunyan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acene; Heteroacene; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649932313     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527210793351580     Document Type: Article

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