Towards molecular T-junction relays

A convenient synthesis of acetylenes: catalytic substitutions of acetylenic hydrogen with bromoalkenes, iodoarenes and bromopyridines

Kenkichi Sonogashira, Yasuo Tohda, Nobue Hagihara · Tetrahedron Letters · 1975 · 5.1K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +11

Construction of Preorganized Polytopic Ligands via Palladium-Promoted Cross-Coupling Reactions

Vincent Grosshenny, Francisco M. Romero, Raymond Ziessel · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1997 · 267 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +16

Building photoactive molecular-scale wires

Anthony Harriman, Raymond Ziessel · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · 1998 · 219 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +9

Oligothienylenevinylenes as a New Class of Multinanometer Linear π-Conjugated Systems for Micro- and Nanoelectronics

Jean Roncali · Accounts of Chemical Research · 2000 · 216 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +16

Synthesis and co-ordination behaviour of 6′,6″-bis(2-pyridyl)-2,2′ : 4,4″ : 2″,2″′-quaterpyridine; ‘back-to-back’ 2,2′ : 6′,2″-terpyridine

Edwin C. Constable, Michael D. Ward · Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions · 1990 · 215 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry +9