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Josué Vazquez-Chavez1, Andrés Aguilar-Granda1, Martín A Iglesias Arteaga1
1Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. CDMX, 04510, México.
Abstract:
The synthesis and characterization of a dimer in which two nuclei of 3β-acetoxy-19-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one are linked by the fluorescent 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)phenylene bridge attached to the oxygenated functions at positions C-19 of each steroid fragment is described. The compound was obtained in five steps and 23 % overall yield and showed a strong blue emission with a quantum yield of 0.66.
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