Dawn Arnab, Fujita Norifumi, Haraguchi Shuichi, Sada Kazuki, Shinkai Seiji
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Apr 28(16):2100-2. doi: 10.1039/b820565e. Epub 2009 Feb 9.
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.