An organogel system can control the stereochemical course of anthracene photodimerization

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Apr 28:(16):2100-2. doi: 10.1039/b820565e. Epub 2009 Feb 9.

Abstract

A novel photoresponsive organogel with a binary gelator containing 2-anthracenecarboxylic acid shows a high degree of stereochemical control, resulting in head-to-head photocyclodimers exclusively together with significant enantiomeric excess induced by the chiral counterpart of the gelator.