title: Exploiting modularity in template-controlled synthesis: a new linear template to direct reactivity within discrete hydrogen-bonded molecular assemblies in the solid state.
abstract: Co-crystallization of 1,8-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid (1,8-nap) with trans-1,2-bis(n-pyridyl)ethylene (n,n'-bpe) (n = 2 or 4) yields a discrete four-component molecular assembly, 2(n,n'-bpe).2(1,8-nap) 1, that is held together by four O-H...N hydrogen bonds where the dicarboxylic acid, serving as a linear template, directs alignment of olefins in the solid state for [2 + 2] photoreaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, USA.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Papaefstathiou
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kipp
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: MacGillivray