The Formation of an Alternating Zigzag and Linear Chain Structure with Topochemical Induction into the Racemate Crystal

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1999.641

Methyl and ethyl α-cyano-4-<2-(2-pyridyl)ethenyl>cinnamate crystals were highly photoreactive and formed the cycloadduct having an alternating zigzag and linear chain structures accompained with topochemical induction of the two chiralities alternatively in the chain from the β-type achiral crystal of prochiral molecules.