@article{fc5e9cd007cb412bb4df761f12baf078,
title = "A soluble pentacene: Synthesis, EPR and electrochemical studies of 2,3,9,10-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)pentacene",
abstract = "A soluble 2,3,9,10-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)pentacene (1) was synthesized; the discovery of the radical cationic character of 1 in solution through EPR measurement has provided insights into the sensitivity of acenes towards light and oxygen.",
author = "Chan, \{Siu Hin\} and Lee, \{Hung Kay\} and Wang, \{Yu Man\} and Fu, \{Nan Yan\} and Chen, \{Xiao Ming\} and Zongwei CAI and Wong, \{Henry N.C.\}",
note = "This work was supported by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. CUHK 4014/98P).",
year = "2005",
month = jan,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1039/b411831f",
language = "English",
pages = "66--68",
journal = "Chemical Communications",
issn = "1359-7345",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "1",
}