title: Hindered rotation in an "exploded" biphenyl.
abstract: The first cases of hindered rotation around the triple bond in simple diphenylacetylenes were observed, including that in chiral 2,2'-bis(trimethylsilyl)-6,6'-bis(dimethylthexylsilyl)diphenylacetylene.
authors.affiliation: Center for New Directions in Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, and the Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720-1460, USA.
authors.forename: Ognjen S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Miljanić
authors.forename: Sangdon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Gaston R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Schaller
authors.forename: K Peter C
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Vollhardt
mesh_terms: D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D012399:Rotation; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014297:Trimethylsilyl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: C502490:2,2'-bis(trimethylsilyl)-6,6'-bis(dimethylthexylsilyl)diphenylacetylene; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D014297:Trimethylsilyl Compounds