One well-placed methyl group increases the solubility of phenoxy boronsubphthalocyanine two orders of magnitude

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6290-6296

  Paton, Andrew S ^a   Lough, Alan J ^a   Bender, Timothy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVITIES; ALKYL CHAIN; CRYSTAL PACKING STRUCTURES; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; HIGH SOLUBILITY; METHYL GROUP; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHENOXY GROUPS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS;

SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84861079734     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie202998f     Document Type: Article

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