Organic Photochemistry and Photophysics is a unique resource that addresses the organic photochemistry and photophysical behavior in aromatic molecules, thiocarbonyls, selected porphyrins, and metalloporphyrins.

Features:

• Presents a timely treatment of organic photochemistry
• Serves as an authoritative resource on photochemical reactions
• Addresses organic photochemistry and photophysics as applied to thioketones, metalloporphyrins, proton-transfer reactions, azo compounds, electron-transfer reactions, and DNA modification
• Relates to reactions that take place within biological as well as chemical systems
• Comprises an ideal supplementary text for graduate courses in photochemistry, photobiology, and photomedicine

Contents

Photochemistry and Photophysics of Highly Excited Valence States of Polyatomic Molecules: Nonalternant Aromatics, Thioketones, and Metalloporphyrins

• Azulene and Other Nonalternant Aromatic Hydrocarbons and
• Their Derivatives
• Thioketones
• Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins

Proton Transfer Reactions in the Excited States

• Determination of pKa * Values in the Excited State
• Proton-Induced Quenching
• Effect of Electronic Structures on Proton Transfer Reactions
• Environmental Effects on Excited-State Proton Transfer Reactions
• Proton and Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions
• Ultrafast Proton Transfer in the Excited States
• Applications of Excited-State Proton Transfer Reactions

Photoreactivity of n,p*-Excited Azoalkanes and Ketones

• Photophysical Properties
• Factors Affecting Photochemical Reactivity
• Quenching Rate Constants

Photonucleophilic Substitution Reactions

• Mechanism
• Formation of a C-C or Other C-IV Group Elements Bond
• Formation of a C-V Group Elements Bond
• Formation of a C-VI Group Elements Bond, Except Oxygen
• Formation of a C-Halogen Bond
• Formation of a C-O Bond
• Synthetic Significance of Photonucleophilic Substitutions

Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects of SET-Promoted Photocyclization Reactions of Silicon Substituted Phthalimides

• SET-Photochemistry of Silicon Containing Phthalimides

Photoamination with Ammonia and Amines

• Photochemical Polar Addition
• Photoamination via Category III: General Aspects
• Photoamination via Category III: Products Analysis
• Photoamination via Category III: Mechanistic Aspects
• Scope and Limitation

DNA-Templated Assembly of Helical Multichromophore Aggregates

• DNA-Templated Aggregation of Cyanine Dyes
• DNA-Templated Assembly of Stacked Porphyrin Aggregates
• Covalently Linked Dye Aggregates: DNA-Based Foldamers

Index

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