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(Scheme 2).[19,20] Herein, the pedal motion of the stilbene acts
to our advantage, compared to the acrylate 1c, to achieve
reactivity within a series of res-based solids. Given that our
goal is to expand the synthetic versatility of reactivity in
organic solids, these observations are important since the
enhanced reactivities suggest that stilbene units and protect-
ing groups, when applied in combination, can provide a route
2(1c)·(R2), 798920 2(2c)·(R3), 836620 2(2c)·(R5), 823834 2(2c)·(R6),
823835 2(2c)·(R7), 798922 2a Na+ salt contain the supplementary
crystallographic data for this paper. These data can be obtained free
of charge from The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre via
Photoreactions: Photoreactions were conducted using UV irra-
diation from a 500 W medium-pressure mercury lamp in an ACE
Glass photochemistry cabinet. The cocrystals were finely ground
using a mortar and pestle and were placed between a pair of pyrex
glass plates. The samples were irradiated in 10 h increments and were
mixed between consecutive irradiations. Product formation was
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to highly reactive olefins for the directed formation of C C
bonds in solids.
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monitored using H NMR spectroscopy. Upon completion of photo-
reaction, products were isolated using basic extraction with CHCl3.
Deprotections of photoproducts: Cyclobutanes 1d and 2d were
stirred in 2m NaOH for 2 h. 10% HCl was added until the solutions
tested neutral by pH paper and the solutions were allowed to stir
overnight. Evaporation gave the product and sodium chloride.
Trituration of the solid with 2:1 CH3OH/CHCl3 solution, followed
by evaporation, afforded diacids 1a and 2a. 1H NMR (1a, 300 MHz,
[D6]DMSO): d = 3.89 (d, 2H), 4.26 (d, 2H), 7.08 (dd, 4H), 8.36 ppm
(dd, 4H). 1H NMR (2a, 400 MHz, [D6]DMSO): d = 4.62 (d, 4H), 7.12
(d, 4H), 7.28 (dd, 4H), 7.66 (d, 4H), 8.36 ppm (dd, 4H).
Scheme 2. Enhanced reactivity of protected olefin in a cocrystal of res
achieved through pedal motion.
In conclusion, we have introduced a protecting group
strategy to the organic solid state used to direct the formation
Received: September 26, 2011
Published online: December 12, 2011
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of C C bonds mediated by principles of supramolecular
Keywords: photochemical reactions · protecting groups ·
self-assembly · solid-state reactions · supramolecular chemistry
chemistry. An ester masks a carboxylic acid to generate head-
to-head photodimers with restored acid groups from organic
solids. We have also shown how the solid-state reactivity is
enhanced using stilbenes as protected functionalities. We
anticipate the protecting strategy to be amenable to other
protecting group strategies developed in the liquid phase and
applicable to other reactions mediated by templates (e.g.
hydrogen bond acceptors) in both the solid state and in
solution.
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Syntheses of ester-based cocrystals: Cocrystals of 2(1c)·(res) were
obtained by slow solvent evaporation. 1c (50 mg) and a res (R1–R10,
0.5 mol eq) were dissolved in MeCN (5 mL). The solution was heated
to reflux and was cooled slowly to ambient temperature. Within 48 h,
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were collected on
a Nonius Kappa CCD single-crystal X-ray
diffractometer at both room and low temperatures using MoKa
radiation (l = 0.71073 ꢀ). Data collection, cell refinement, and data
reduction were performed using Collect[21] and HKL Scalepack/
Denzo,[22] respectively. Structure solution and refinement were
accomplished using SHELXS-97 and SHELXL-97,[23] respectively.
The structures were solved by direct methods. All nonhydrogen atoms
were identified from the difference Fourier map within several
refinement steps. All nonhydrogen atoms were refined anisotropi-
cally. Hydrogen atoms associated with carbon atoms were refined in
geometrically constrained positions with isotropic thermal parame-
ters Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(CCH3) and Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(CCH). Hydrogen
atoms belonging to phenolic OH groups were refined using a riding
model with isotropic thermal parameters Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(Ohydroxy).
Hydrogen atoms belonging to water molecules were identified from
the difference Fourier map and were refined with isotropic thermal
parameters Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(Owater). Details of the structural analyses
are summarized in Table S-1. CCDC 798921 2(1c)·(R1), 823833
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