Open AccessFun with Photons: Selective Light Induced Reactions in Solution and in Water Soluble Nano-containers
Author(s) -
A. JeanLuc Ayitou,
Barry C. Pemberton,
Elango Kumarasamy,
Nandini Vallavoju,
Jayaraman Sivaguru
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2011.202
Subject(s) - selectivity , chirality (physics) , supramolecular chemistry , stereoselectivity , nano , chemistry , photochemistry , cucurbituril , catalysis , photon , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , optics , physics , molecule , quantum mechanics , chiral symmetry breaking , nambu–jona lasinio model , engineering , quark
Two distinct strategies for controlling selectivity, in particular stereoselectivity in photochemical reactions are reviewed. In the first strategy, supramolecular approach using cucurbituril nano-containers in catalytic amounts is employed to control selectivity during photochemical transformations. In the second approach, a generalized methodology for carrying out light-induced transformations in solution at ambient conditions is detailed where axially chiral motifs are employed to enantiospecifically transfer the axial chirality in the reactant to point chirality in the photoproduct(s).