Triptycene diols: a strategy for synthesizing planar π systems through catalytic conversion of a poly(p-phenylene ethynylene) into a poly(p-phenylene vinylene).
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SUBMITTER: VanVeller B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3496247 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
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Triptycene diols: a strategy for synthesizing planar π systems through catalytic conversion of a poly(p-phenylene ethynylene) into a poly(p-phenylene vinylene).
VanVeller Brett B Robinson Dale D Swager Timothy M TM
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20111223 5
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