Yi Lu, Ruilong Zhang, Zhilong Hong, Pingping Liang, Rui Liao and Feng Wang
Chem. Commun., 2024,60, 8585-8588
DOI:
10.1039/D4CC01977F,
Communication
Light irradiation of stilbene supramolecular polymers produces [2+2] cycloadducts in the kinetically trapped state, which convert to the thermodynamically favorable state upon thermal annealing due to the shift of hydrogen bonds from intra- to inter-complexation modes.