Figure 3.

In silico analysis of photosplicing. A) Relaxed scan along the dihedral angle of the linker from sulfonamide 1 a and 1 aa with energy differences and C1−C5 distance. B) C1−C5 versus C5−S4 distances and S4−N3 versus C1−C2 distances during the photosplicing reaction. C) Reaction coordinate in the ground state and low‐lying excited (singlet) states of the photosplicing reaction with the calculated absorption spectra and the emission of the light source. D) Deduced model for the reaction mechanism of photosplicing.