Abstract

The template-directed imine-bond forming reactions between chiral amidines or achiral carboxylic acids monomers bearing a formyl or an amino group at one end were remarkably accelerated 34- or 10-fold in chloroform in the presence of the corresponding optically inactive carboxylic acid dimer or optically active amidine dimer linked by a trans-azobenzene unit as the template, respectively. The cis-azobenzene-linked carboxylic acid template markedly slowed the monomer conversions, and hence a reversible photocontrolled dimerization was achieved by light-induced cis–trans isomerization upon alternative irradiation with UV and visible light.

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