Organic letters

Diastereoselective cyclization in chiral diarylethene crystals: polymorphism and selectivity

S Yamamoto, K Matsuda, M Irie

Index: Yamamoto, Satoshi; Matsuda, Kenji; Irie, Masahiro Organic Letters, 2003 , vol. 5, # 10 p. 1769 - 1772

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Abstract

An optically active photochromic diarylethene,(S)-1-(2-methyl-5-phenyl-3-thienyl)-2-[2- methyl-5-(4-(3-methyl-1-penten-1-yl) phenyl)-3-thienyl] perfluorocyclopentene ((S)-1a), was synthesized.(S)-1a formed two crystalline phases, α-and β-phases. The diarylethene underwent a photochromic reaction in solution and even in the single-crystalline phase. In solution, no diastereoselection was observed. On the other hand, in the β-crystalline ...