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Title: Tuning the redox profile of the 6,6′-biazulenic platform through functionalization along its molecular axis

The one-step, two-electron reversible reduction of the 6,6′-biazulenic scaffold functionalized along its molecular axis is quantitatively tunable within a wide range of potentials.

 
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Award ID(s):
1808120 2117449
PAR ID:
10542659
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Chemical Communications
Volume:
60
Issue:
39
ISSN:
1359-7345
Page Range / eLocation ID:
5213 to 5216
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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