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Chemical Communications

Absolute asymmetric photocyclization in chiral diarylethene co-crystals with octafluoronaphthalene†

Masakazu Morimoto,*ab   Seiya Kobatakebc  and  Masahiro Irie*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Rikkyo University, Nishi-Ikebukuro 3-34-1, Toshima-ku, Japan
E-mail: m-morimoto@rikkyo.ac.jp, iriem@rikkyo.ac.jp
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b Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi Center Building, Honcho 4-1-8, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan

c Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138, Sumiyoshi-ku, Japan

Abstract

A photochromic diarylethene containing naphthyl groups formed a chiral crystal when co-crystallized with octafluoronaphthalene, although both molecules are achiral, and underwent highly enantioselective photocyclization owing to the conformational confinement in the crystal.

Graphical abstract: Absolute asymmetric photocyclization in chiral diarylethene co-crystals with octafluoronaphthalene

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B713694C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Sep 2007
Accepted
17 Oct 2007
First published
25 Oct 2007

Chem. Commun., 2008, 335-337

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Absolute asymmetric photocyclization in chiral diarylethene co-crystals with octafluoronaphthalene

M. Morimoto, S. Kobatake and M. Irie, Chem. Commun., 2008, 335 DOI: 10.1039/B713694C

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