C8781 Organic Photochemistry

Faculty of Science
Spring 2000
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Petr Klán, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Petr Klán, Ph.D.
Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
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.
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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.
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