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Synfacts 2008(11): 1164-1164  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1083473
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Monodisperse Oligodiacetylenes

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jeewoo Lim
G. S. Pilzak, B. van Lagen, C. C. J. Hendrikx, E. J. R. Sudhölter, H. Zuilhof*
Wageningen University, the Netherlands
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23 October 2008 (online)

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Significance

The authors report the synthesis of a novel series of oligodiacetylenes of defined lengths (1-n). These highly soluble molecules were systematically studied for the relationship between conjugation length and optical properties. The authors conclude that the oligodiacetylenes are rigid rod-like molecules in solution reaching up to 4 nm in length.