title: 4,4'-Bis[2-(3,4-dibutyl-2-thienylethyn-yl)]biphen-yl.
abstract: The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(40)H(46)S(2), reveals C(i) symmetry. An inversion centre is located at the mid-point of the C-C bond of the biphenyl unit; the asymmetric unit comprises one-half of the mol-ecule. The conjugated backbone is nearly planar, with a mean deviation of 0.041 Å.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Dao-Ben
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Zhu