Synlett 2013; 24(2): 259-263
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1317959
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Modular Synthesis of Monomers for On-Surface Polymerization to Graphene Architectures

Marie Gille
a   Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany   Fax: +49(30)20936940   Email: sh@chemie.hu-berlin.de
,
Andreas Viertel
a   Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany   Fax: +49(30)20936940   Email: sh@chemie.hu-berlin.de
,
Steffen Weidner
b   Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Richard-Willstätter-Str. 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany
,
Stefan Hecht*
a   Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany   Fax: +49(30)20936940   Email: sh@chemie.hu-berlin.de
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Publication History

Received: 25 October 2012

Accepted after revision: 10 December 2012

Publication Date:
04 January 2013 (online)


On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Scholl reaction.

Abstract

We developed a modular synthesis of halogenated polycyclic aromatic monomers for on-surface polymerization to generate graphene wires, ribbons, and networks.

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