Issue 31, 2014

An unusual single-crystal-to-single-crystal [2 + 2] photocyclisation reaction of a TTF-arylnitrile derivative

Abstract

4-([2,2′-Bi(1,3-dithiolylidene)]-4-yl)benzonitrile undergoes a [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reaction upon irradiation with polychromatic light, an unusual single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation for a TTF derivative. In contrast, the closely related pyridylnitrile derivative adopts a different packing motif and is stable to light under the same conditions.

Graphical abstract: An unusual single-crystal-to-single-crystal [2 + 2] photocyclisation reaction of a TTF-arylnitrile derivative

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Feb 2014
Accepted
14 Mar 2014
First published
14 Mar 2014

CrystEngComm, 2014,16, 7268-7277

Author version available

An unusual single-crystal-to-single-crystal [2 + 2] photocyclisation reaction of a TTF-arylnitrile derivative

J. J. Hayward, R. Gumbau-Brisa, A. Alberola, C. S. Clarke, J. M. Rawson and M. Pilkington, CrystEngComm, 2014, 16, 7268 DOI: 10.1039/C4CE00346B

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