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Preparation of a Corannulene-functionalized Hexahelicene by Copper(I)-catalyzed Alkyne-azide Cycloaddition of Nonplanar Polyaromatic Units
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trans-Bis(1,1,1,5,5,5-hexa-fluoro-pentane-2,4-dionato-κO,O')bis-(4-methyl-1,2,3-selenadiazole-κN)copper(II)

Neil M Boag, Andrew D Jackson, Paul D Lickiss

    Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
    |May 18, 2011
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