Absolute asymmetric photocyclization in chiral diarylethene co-crystals with octafluoronaphthalene.
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.
Morimoto
Masakazu
M
Department of Chemistry, Rikkyo University, Nishi-Ikebukuro 3-34-1, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan. m-morimoto@rikkyo.ac.jp
Kobatake
Seiya
S
Irie
Masahiro
M