Galán E, Perrin ML, Lutz M, van der Zant HSJ, Grozema FC, Eelkema R. Synthesis of 1,2-biphenylethane based single-molecule diodes.
Org Biomol Chem 2016;
14:2439-43. [PMID:
26809645 DOI:
10.1039/c6ob00008h]
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Abstract
We have described the synthesis of novel biphenylethane-based wires for molecular electronics. Exceptional single-molecule diode behavior was predicted for unsymmetrically substituted biphenylethane derivatives, synthesized here using the so far unexplored unsymmetrically substituted 1,2-bis(4-bromophenyl)ethanes as key intermediates, which were obtained from the corresponding tolane precursor by selective hydrogenation.
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