Synfacts 2010(11): 1240-1240  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258737
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Phenanthridine Derivatives Made Easy

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Joel Batson
L. Zhang, G. Y. Ang, S. Chiba*
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Publication History

Publication Date:
21 October 2010 (online)

Significance

Phenanthridine and its derivatives are of interest to material chemists because of their optoelectronic properties. Despite diverse approaches to their synthesis having been performed, a versatile and efficient method to access them still had not been reported until now.