@incollection{2928366, title = "Template-Controlled Synthesis in the Solid-State", author = "Leonard R. MacGillivray and Giannis S. Papaefstathiou and Tomislav Friščic and Dushyant B. Varshney and Tamara D. Hamilton", booktitle = "Templates in Chemistry I", publisher = "Springer Berlin Heidelberg", year = "2005", isbn = "978-3-540-44505-0", pages = "201--221", doi = "10.1007/b99914", keywords = "Linear templates, Photodimerization, Hydrogen-bonding, Preorganization, Molecular recognition, Self-assembly", abstract = "The application of molecular templates to direct reactivity in the solid state is described. Specifically, molecules that function as linear templates are demonstrated to provide control of the [2+2] photodimerization in the solid state such that it is possible to use the templates to conduct target-oriented molecular syntheses, or molecular syntheses by design. The degree of organization provided by the solid state is also shown to provide chemists a reliable means to capture and transform ordered complexes formed by way of hydrogen-bonded-driven self-assembly into complex covalent molecular and polymeric structures." }