title: Fun with photons: selective light induced reactions in solution and in water soluble nano-containers.
abstract: Two distinct strategies for controlling selectivity, in particular stereoselectivity in photochemical reactions are reviewed. In the first strategy, supramolecular approach using cucurbituril nano-containers in catalytic amounts is employed to control selectivity during photochemical transformations. In the second approach, a generalized methodology for carrying out light-induced transformations in solution at ambient conditions is detailed where axially chiral motifs are employed to enantiospecifically transfer the axial chirality in the reactant to point chirality in the photoproduct(s).
authors.affiliation: North Dakota State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1231 Albrecht Blvd., 104H, LADD Hall, P.O. Box 6050, NDSU Dept 2735 Fargo, ND 58108-6050, USA.
authors.forename: Anoklase
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayitou
authors.forename: Barry C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Pemberton
authors.forename: Elango
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kumarasamy
authors.forename: Nandini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vallavoju
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sivaguru
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D002625:Chemistry, Organic / Q000379:methods; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D053769:Nanocapsules / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D017785:Photons; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D000099246:Cucurbit(n)urils
chemical_list: D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D053769:Nanocapsules; D014867:Water; D000099246:Cucurbit(n)urils