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Synthesis and structure of push-pull merocyanines based on barbituric and thio-barbituric acid

Georgii Bogdanov1, John P Tillotson2, Jenna Bustos1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico, 87701, USA.

Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Crystallographic Communications
|September 17, 2019
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Keywords:
barbituric acid derivativescrystal structurepush–pull chromophores

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