Reaction control supramolecular photoreactions with

In general, photoinert auxiliary molecules have been used as templating agents to direct double bonds in parallel orientations of single olefins and with distances smaller than 4.2 A. These geometrical parameters are strictly required as previous steps in order to achieve the photoreaction via topochemical control and then the template must be liberated from the expected product. We envisage that an alternative way to increase the level of sophistication in the design of solid state reactions is the possibility to extend the self-assembly of two or more potentially reactive unsaturated molecules controlled by directional supramolecular synthons. 

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