We describe hydrogen-bonded dimers of catechol that act collectively as a single template to direct an intermolecular [2+2] photocycloaddition in the solid state. The directed reactivity involves discrete, six-component hydrogen-bonded assemblies and a photoreaction that occurs stereoselectively and in quantitative yield.
![Graphical abstract: Two act as one: unexpected dimers of catechol direct a solid-state [2+2] photodimerization in a six-component hydrogen-bonded assembly](/en/Image/Get?imageInfo.ImageType=GA&imageInfo.ImageIdentifier.ManuscriptID=C4CC07747D&imageInfo.ImageIdentifier.Year=2014)
G. S. Papaefstathiou, A. J. E. Duncan and L. R. MacGillivray, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 15960 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07747D
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