Solid‐State Photodimerization of 1,2‐Bis(5′‐pyrimidyl)ethene

Eric Bosch, Julie M. Matheny, Nigam Rath

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Abstract

<div class="line" id="line-11"> <span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;'> The photodimerization of 1,2&hyphen; </span> <i style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;'> bis </i> <span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;'> (5&prime;&hyphen;pyrimidyl)ethene in the solid state is reported. Photolysis of the crystalline solid formed on self&hyphen;assembly of 1,2&hyphen; </span> <i style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;'> bis </i> <span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;'> (5&prime;&hyphen;pyrimidyl)ethene and C&hyphen;methylcalix[4]resorcinarene and photolysis of the solid recystallized from dichloromethane yielded&nbsp; </span> <i style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;'> cis&hyphen;anti&hyphen;cis </i> <span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;'> &hyphen;1,2,3,4&hyphen; </span> <i style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;'> tetrakis </i> <span style='color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;'> (5&prime;&hyphen;pyrimidyl)cyclobutane as the only product. Single&hyphen;crystal X&hyphen;ray analysis of each of these solids confirms that the alkenes are &pi;&hyphen;stacked, colinear, and separated by less than 4.2&nbsp;&Aring;. </span></div>
Original languageAmerican English
JournalSynthetic Communications
Volume37
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 19 2007

Keywords

  • [2+2] cycloaddition
  • crystal structure
  • photolysis
  • solid state

Disciplines

  • Biochemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry

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