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Exploiting the Hydrogen-Bonding Capacity of Organoboronic Acids to Direct Covalent Bond Formation in the Solid State: Templation and Catalysis of the [2 + 2] Photodimerization
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Exploiting the Hydrogen-Bonding Capacity of Organoboronic Acids to Direct Covalent Bond Formation in the Solid State: Templation and Catalysis of the [2 + 2] Photodimerization

Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado, Alexis D Brannan, Dale C Swenson and Leonard R MacGillivray
Organic letters, Vol.20(17), pp.5490-5492
09/07/2018
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02439
PMID: 30129766

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Abstract

The ability of organoboronic acids to direct intermolecular [2 + 2] photodimerizations in the solid state is identified. The reactivity of 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (bpe) within cocrystals of discrete hydrogen-bonded molecular assemblies generates rctt-tetrakis(4-pyridyl)cyclobutane (tpcb) stereoselectively and in up to quantitative yield. Dry grinding of the boronic acids and excess bpe reveal the acids to function as supramolecular catalysts.

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