{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Dunnebacke T"],"funding":["European Research Council"],"pagination":["10405-10413"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8162386"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(38)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Control over the photochemical outcome of photochromic molecules in solution represents a major challenge, as photoexcitation often leads to multiple competing photochemical and/or supramolecular pathways resulting in complex product mixtures. Herein, we demonstrate precise and efficient control over the photochemical behaviour of cyanostilbenes in solution using a straightforward solvent-controlled approach based on supramolecular polymerization. To this end, we designed a π-extended cyanostilbene bolaamphiphile that exhibits tuneable solvent-dependent photochemical behaviour. Photoirradiation of the system in a monomeric state (in organic solvents) exclusively leads to a highly reversible and efficient <i>E</i>/<i>Z</i> photoisomerization, whereas a nearly quantitative [2 + 2] photocyclo"],"journal":["Chemical science"],"pubmed_title":["Solvent-controlled <i>E</i>/<i>Z</i> isomerization <i>vs.</i> [2 + 2] photocycloaddition mediated by supramolecular polymerization."],"pmcid":["PMC8162386"],"funding_grant_id":["SUPRACOP-715923","715923"],"pubmed_authors":["Kartha KK","Albuquerque RQ","Fernandez G","Wiest JM","Dunnebacke T"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Solvent-controlled <i>E</i>/<i>Z</i> isomerization <i>vs.</i> [2 + 2] photocycloaddition mediated by supramolecular polymerization.","description":"Control over the photochemical outcome of photochromic molecules in solution represents a major challenge, as photoexcitation often leads to multiple competing photochemical and/or supramolecular pathways resulting in complex product mixtures. Herein, we demonstrate precise and efficient control over the photochemical behaviour of cyanostilbenes in solution using a straightforward solvent-controlled approach based on supramolecular polymerization. To this end, we designed a π-extended cyanostilbene bolaamphiphile that exhibits tuneable solvent-dependent photochemical behaviour. Photoirradiation of the system in a monomeric state (in organic solvents) exclusively leads to a highly reversible and efficient <i>E</i>/<i>Z</i> photoisomerization, whereas a nearly quantitative [2 + 2] photocyclo","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Sep","modification":"2025-04-19T15:36:46.793Z","creation":"2022-02-10T13:49:37.665Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8162386","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34094301"],"doi":["10.1039/d0sc03442h"]}}