Synthesis of cyano-substituted diaryltetracenes from tetraaryl[3]cumulenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 4341-4345

  Gawel, Przemyslaw ^a   Dengiz, Cagatay ^a   Finke, Aaron D ^a   Trapp, Nils ^a   Boudon, Corinne ^b   Gisselbrecht, Jean Paul ^b   Diederich, François ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

chemosensors; electrocyclization; tetracenes; 3 cumulenes

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHYSIOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CHEMO-SENSORS; CUMULENES; ELECTROCYCLIZATION; TETRACENES;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 84899459454     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201402299     Document Type: Article

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