Photochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition as a tool to study a solid-state structural transformation.
The solid-state structural transformation of the hydrogen-bonded 1D coordination polymer [Cd(bpe)(CH(3)COO)(2)(H(2)O)](n), to a ladder-type structure is evident from a photochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction forming 100% rctt-cyclobutane isomer.
Nagarathinam
Mangayarkarasi
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Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Vittal
Jagadese J
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