A Unified Mechanism on the Formation of Acenes, Helicenes, and Phenacenes in the Gas Phase

Zhao, Long; Kaiser, Ralf I.; Xu, Bo; Ablikim, Utuq; Ahmed, Musahid; Evseev, Mikhail M.; Bashkirov, Eugene K.; Azyazov, Valeriy N.; Mebel, Alexander M.

doi:10.1002/ange.201913037

Title: A Unified Mechanism on the Formation of Acenes, Helicenes, and Phenacenes in the Gas Phase

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^[1]; Xu, Bo ^[2];

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Department of Chemistry University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu HI 96822 USA
Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
Samara National Research University Samara 443086 Russia
Samara National Research University Samara 443086 Russia, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida International University Miami FL 33199 USA

Publication Date:: 2020-01-23

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1593502

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-03ER15411; FG02-04ER15570; AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Angewandte Chemie

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie Journal Volume: 132 Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0044-8249

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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                    Zhao, Long, Kaiser, Ralf I., Xu, Bo, Ablikim, Utuq, Ahmed, Musahid, Evseev, Mikhail M., Bashkirov, Eugene K., Azyazov, Valeriy N., and Mebel, Alexander M. A Unified Mechanism on the Formation of Acenes, Helicenes, and Phenacenes in the Gas Phase.  Germany: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Zhao, Long, Kaiser, Ralf I., Xu, Bo, Ablikim, Utuq, Ahmed, Musahid, Evseev, Mikhail M., Bashkirov, Eugene K., Azyazov, Valeriy N., & Mebel, Alexander M. A Unified Mechanism on the Formation of Acenes, Helicenes, and Phenacenes in the Gas Phase.  Germany.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201913037

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                    Zhao, Long, Kaiser, Ralf I., Xu, Bo, Ablikim, Utuq, Ahmed, Musahid, Evseev, Mikhail M., Bashkirov, Eugene K., Azyazov, Valeriy N., and Mebel, Alexander M. Thu .  
"A Unified Mechanism on the Formation of Acenes, Helicenes, and Phenacenes in the Gas Phase".  Germany.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201913037.

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  title        = {A Unified Mechanism on the Formation of Acenes, Helicenes, and Phenacenes in the Gas Phase},

  author       = {Zhao, Long and Kaiser, Ralf I. and Xu, Bo and Ablikim, Utuq and Ahmed, Musahid and Evseev, Mikhail M. and Bashkirov, Eugene K. and Azyazov, Valeriy N. and Mebel, Alexander M.},

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  journal      = {Angewandte Chemie},

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  volume       = 132,

  place        = {Germany},

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