trans-1,2-Bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (bpe), containing a C=C bond, has been extensively studied for solid-state photochemical [2+2] cycloaddition reactions, in discrete molecular and metal complexes, hydrogen bonded and coordination polymeric structures. The challenges in orienting a pair or more of bpe molecules in the solid-state using crystal engineering principles, and their photochemical behaviour and implications, based on Schmidt's postulates, are discussed.
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Environ Sci Technol
December 2024
State Ecology and Environment Scientific Observation and Research Station for the Yangtze River Delta at Dianshan Lake, Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center, Shanghai 200030, China.
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States.
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October 2024
Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China.
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December 2024
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December 2024
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Química, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-909, Brazil. Electronic address:
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