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Dendralenes: The Breakthrough
Author(s) -
Hopf Henning
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010216)40:4<705::aid-anie7050>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - conjugated system , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer science , biochemical engineering , nanotechnology , computational chemistry , materials science , engineering , polymer
Cross‐conjugation is a widespread phenomenon in chemistry, especially in color chemistry. The simplest cross‐conjugated organic compounds are the dendralenes with the general structure 1 . For decades these hydrocarbons only played a modest role in organic chemistry; however, the development of a general method of synthesis for 1 (up to n =4) has led to the breakthrough which will enable a much more detailed investigation of the structural and chemical properties of these polyolefins.