Self-assembly and regioselective photodimerization of anthracene having a dendritic substituent.
[reaction: see text] Thermotropic liquid crystallinity can be induced for an anthracene having a dendritic substituent. The photodimerization reaction of an anthracene moiety in the smectic phase proceeded quantitatively and regioselectively.
Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan. yutaka@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
Yutaka
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Takaguchi
Tomoyuki
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Tajima
Yasushi
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Yanagimoto
Sadao
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Tsuboi
Kazuchika
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Ohta
Jiro
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Motoyoshiya
Hiromu
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Aoyama