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Two act as one: unexpected dimers of catechol direct a solid-state [2+2] photodimerization in a six-component hydrogen-bonded assembly
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Two act as one: unexpected dimers of catechol direct a solid-state [2+2] photodimerization in a six-component hydrogen-bonded assembly

Giannis S Papaefstathiou, Andrew J E Duncan and Leonard R MacGillivray
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), Vol.50(100), pp.15960-15962
12/28/2014
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc07747d
PMID: 25383606

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Abstract

We describe hydrogen-bonded dimers of catechol that act collectively as a single template to direct an intermolecular [2+2] photocycloaddition in the solid state. The directed reactivity involves discrete, six-component hydrogen-bonded assemblies and a photoreaction that occurs stereoselectively and in quantitative yield.

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