Two‐Component Liquid Crystals as Chiral Reaction Media: Highly Enantioselective Photodimerization of an Anthracene Derivative Driven by the Ordered Microenvironment

Abstract

Tailored to the reaction: Within a liquid-crystalline matrix provided by a chiral amphiphilic amino alcohol, the photodimerization of an anthracenecarboxylic acid proceeds with high probability and with excellent regio-, diastereo-, and enantioselectivities (up to 81 % ee).