Co-reporter:Kazuto Takaishi ; Masuki Kawamoto ; Atsuya Muranaka ;Masanobu Uchiyama
Organic Letters () pp:
Publication Date(Web):June 13, 2012
DOI:10.1021/ol300992d
A method for synthesizing highly strained cyclic structures by combining photochromic and synthetic reactions is described. Tightly linked azobenzene–binaphthyl dyads (R)-4 and (R)-6 could not be obtained by conventional cyclization, but continuous application of photoirradiation, which induced (E)→(Z) isomerization of the azobenzene moiety, allowed the cyclization reaction to proceed, affording the desired chiral azobenzenophanes.