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Polymerization of acetylene: polyynes, but not carbyne

Dominik Prenzel, Rolf W. Kirschbaum, Wesley A. Chalifoux, Robert McDonald, Michael J. Ferguson, Thomas Drewello, Rik R. Tykwinski

Organic Chemistry Frontiers · 2016 · 17 citations · 39 references

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Polymerization of acetylene in the presence of sterically-hindered endgroups leads to polyynes, but with lengths shorter than by stepwise syntheses.

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