Issue 8, 2016

Synthesis of 1,2-biphenylethane based single-molecule diodes

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.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of 1,2-biphenylethane based single-molecule diodes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Jan 2016
Accepted
19 Jan 2016
First published
19 Jan 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016,14, 2439-2443

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Synthesis of 1,2-biphenylethane based single-molecule diodes

E. Galán, M. L. Perrin, M. Lutz, H. S. J. van der Zant, F. C. Grozema and R. Eelkema, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016, 14, 2439 DOI: 10.1039/C6OB00008H

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