We describe a templating/covalent capture strategy that enables photochemical formation of 8 cyclobutanes in one noncovalent assembly. This process was characterized by experiment and quantum mechanical/molecular mechanics (ONIOM) calculations. Thus, KI and 16 units of 5'-cinnamate guanosine form a G-quadruplex where C=C π bonds in neighboring G -quartets are separated by 3.3 Å, enabling [2+2] photocycloaddition in solution. This reaction is high-yielding (>90 %), regio- and diastereoselective. Since all components are in dynamic equilibrium this photocycloaddition is catalytic in K .
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