Oligomers of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes as "super- oligophenylenes": Synthesis, electronic properties, and self-assembly

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 8194-8204

  Wu, Jishan ^a   Watson, Mark D ^a,b   Tchebotareva, Natalia ^a,c   Wang, Zhaohui ^a   Müllen, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENCE; OLIGOMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONJUGATION; FACILE SYNTHESIS; HEXA-PERI-HEXABENZOCORONENE (HBC); TRIMERS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBENE; CARBON; DIMER; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; HEXAPERIHEXABENZOCORONENE DERIVATIVE; OLIGOMER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONJUGATION; DIPOLE; ELECTRON; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 9344233880     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0490301     Document Type: Article

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