DOI: 10.1039/d6sc05227d ISSN: 2041-6520

Crystal-to-crystal solar energy storage in a hydrogen bonded dianthracene lattice retrocyclized by heat or e-beam

Eric Schreiber, Hovnan Simonyan, Madison E. Logelin, Aleksa K. Banki, Madeleine Y. Popofsky, Christopher Kim, Amymarie K. Bartholomew

A 1D H-bonded lattice of 9-anthracenecarboxylic acid and 9-pyridyl anthracene undergoes [4 + 4]-photocycloaddition in the solid-state. Thermal and e-beam-induced retrocyclization proceeds in a crystal-to-crystal fashion.

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