The rubrenic synthesis: The delicate equilibrium between tetracene and cyclobutene

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4160-4169

  Braga, Daniele ^a   Jaafari, Abdelhafid ^b   Miozzo, Luciano ^a,c   Moret, Massimo ^c   Rizzato, Silvia ^d   Papagni, Antonio ^c   Yassar, Abderrahim ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b HASSAN 1ST UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

Author keywords

Allenes; Arenes; Fused ring systems; Grignard reaction; Reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960595917     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201100033     Document Type: Article

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