Photochemistry of Organic Compounds

1. Introduction.
1.1 Who's Afraid Of Photochemistry?
1.2 Electromagnetic Radiation.
1.3 Perception Of Colour.
1.4 Electronic States: Elements Of Molecular QuantumMechanics.
1.5 Problems.
2. A Crash Course In Photophysics And A Classification OfPrimary Photoreactions.
2.1 Photophysical Processes.
2.2 Energy Transfer, Quenching and Sensitization.
2.3 A Classification of Photochemical Reaction Pathways.
2.4 Problems.
3. Techniques And Methods.
3.1 Light Sources, Filters, and Detectors.
3.2 Preparative Irradiation.
3.3 Absorption Spectra.
3.4 Steady-State Emission Spectra and Their Correction.
3.5 Time-Resolved Luminescence.
3.6 Absorption And Emission Spectroscopy With PolarizedLight.
3.7 Flash Photolysis.
3.8 Time-Resolved IR and Raman Spectroscopy.
3.9 Quantum Yields.
3.10 Low-Temperature Studies; Matrix Isolation.
3.11 Photoacoustic Calorimetry.
3.12 Two-Photon Absorption Spectroscopy.
3.13 Single-Molecule Spectroscopy.
3.14 Problems.
4. Quantum Mechanical Models of Electronic Excitation andPhotochemical Reactivity.
4.1 Boiling Down The Schr(TM)Dinger Equation.
4.2 HSckel Molecular Orbital Theory.
4.3 HMO Perturbation Theory.
4.4 Symmetry Considerations.
4.5 Simple Quantum Chemical Models of Electronic Excitation.
4.6 Pairing Theorems and Dewar's PMO Theory.
4.7 The Need for Improvement; SCF, CI And DFT Calculations.
4.8 Spin-Orbit Coupling.
4.9 Theoretical Models of Photoreactivity, CorrelationDiagrams.
4.10 Problems.
4.11 Appendix.
5. Photochemical Reaction Mechanisms and ReactionIntermediates.
5.1 What is a Reaction Mechanism?
5.2 Electron Transfer.
5.3 Proton Transfer.
5.4 Primary Photochemical Intermediates: Examples andConcepts.
5.5 Photoisomerization of Double Bonds.
5.6 Chemiluminescence and Bioluminescence.
5.7 Problems.
6. Chemistry Of Excited Molecules.
6.1 Alkenes And Alkynes.
6.2 Aromatic Compounds.
6.3 Oxygen Compounds.
6.4 Nitrogen Compounds.
6.5 Sulphur Compounds.
6.6 Halogen Compounds.
6.7 Molecular Oxygen.
6.8 Photosensitizers, Photoinitiators and Photocatalysts.
7. Retrosynthetic Photochemistry.
8. Information Sources, Tables.
9. Index.
10. References.