The Larger Linear N-Heteroacenes

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1676-1686

  Bunz, Uwe H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84934999051     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00118     Document Type: Article

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