Figure 2: Synthetic route to radicals HSCnPTMR and non-radicals HSCnPTMNR.
From: Chemical control over the energy-level alignment in a two-terminal junction

DBU, 1, 8-diazabicycloundec-7-ene; tBuOK, potasium tert-butoxide; DMSO, dimtehylsulfoxide; DCM, dichloromethane; ET3N, triethylamine; SO3Py, sulfur trioxide pyridine; Bu4NOH, tetrabutylammonium hydroxide; ET3Si, triethylsilane; THF, tetrahydrofurane; TFA, trifluoroacetic acid; rt, room temperature.