Self-assembly and regioselective photodimerization of anthracene having a dendritic substituent

Yutaka Takaguchi; Tomoyuki Tajima; Yasushi Yanagimoto; Sadao Tsuboi; Kazuchika Ohta; Jiro Motoyoshiya; Hiromu Aoyama

doi:10.1021/ol0343109

Self-assembly and regioselective photodimerization of anthracene having a dendritic substituent

Org Lett. 2003 May 15;5(10):1677-9. doi: 10.1021/ol0343109.

Authors

Yutaka Takaguchi¹, Tomoyuki Tajima, Yasushi Yanagimoto, Sadao Tsuboi, Kazuchika Ohta, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Hiromu Aoyama

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama 700-8530, Japan. yutaka@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp

PMID: 12735750
DOI: 10.1021/ol0343109

Abstract

[reaction: see text] Thermotropic liquid crystallinity can be induced for an anthracene having a dendritic substituent. The photodimerization reaction of an anthracene moiety in the smectic phase proceeded quantitatively and regioselectively.