PřF:C8780 Organic Photochemistry

C8780 Organic Photochemistry

Faculty of Science
Spring 2000

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Petr Klán, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Organic chemistry; physical organic chemistry; physical chemistry; kinetics; quantum chemistry; physics.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Syllabus

1. Overview: The electronic excitation and deexcitation of organic molecules. State energy diagrams. Potential energy surfaces. Lambert-Beer low. Quantum yield. 2. Theoretical photochemistry: Electronic orbitals and configurations. Transitions between states. Singlet-triplet splitting. Jablonski diagram. Franck-Condon principle. Nuclear geometry of excited molecules. 3. Radiative transitions: Fluorescence and phosphorescence. Excimers and exciplexes. Laser spectroscopy. 4. Radiationless transitions: Internal conversion. Intersystem crossing. Spin-orbital coupling. Vibrational relaxation. Heavy atom effect. 5. Mechanistic photochemistry: Kinetics and energetics. Stern-Volmer plot. Actinometry. Photosensitization. Reactive intermediates. Biradicals. 6. Energy transfer. Electron transfer. Marcus theory. 7. Cycloadditions and photoadditions. 8. Photofragmentation reactios. 9. Isomerizations and rearrangements. 10. Photochemical aromatic substitution. Photoreductions. 11. Reactions of singlet ogygen. Chemiluminiscence. Solid state photochemistry. 12. Experimental photochemistry. Safety procedures.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.