Mechanically triggered reversible stepwise tricolor switching and thermochromism of anthracene-<i>o</i>-carborane dyad

Xueyan Wu, Jixi Guo, Yali Cao, Jianzhang Zhao, Wei Jia, Yi Chen, Dianzeng Jia

Chemical Science · 2018 · 160 citations · 47 references

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A novel single organic molecule–carborane conjugate, <bold>CAN</bold>, was synthesized in a high yield <italic>via</italic> a modified nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction incorporating an anthracene unit and an <italic>o</italic>-carborane moiety.

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