Time-resolved spectroscopic observation and characterization of water-assisted photoredox reactions of selected aromatic carbonyl compounds

J Ma, X Zhang, DL Phillips - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In recent years, unusual and efficient self-photoredox reactions were detected
for selected benzophenone derivatives (BPs) and anthraquinone derivatives (AQs) in …

Ultrafast Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Study on the Photophysical and Photochemical Reaction Mechanisms of ortho-Methylbenzophenone in Selected Solutions

G Huang, C Zhou, R Liang, S Sun, Z Deng… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The photophysical and photochemical reaction pathways of ortho-methylbenzophenone (o-
MeBP) in different solutions were investigated by employing femtosecond to nanosecond …

A spectroscopic study of the excited state proton transfer processes of (8-bromo-7-hydroxyquinolin-2-yl) methyl-protected phenol in aqueous solutions

J Huang, AP Muliawan, J Ma, M De Li, HK Chiu… - Photochemical & …, 2017 - Springer
A combination of spectroscopic methods and density functional theory (DFT) computations
was used to study the excited state proton transfer (ESPT) processes of (8-bromo-7 …

Revealing the Photophysical and Photochemical Reaction Processes of Carprofen in Different Solutions via Ultrafast Femtosecond to Nanosecond Transient …

J He, M Liu, L Yin, Z Deng, J Pang, H He… - Chemical Research …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carprofen (CP), one kind of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, exhibits phototoxic side
effects in physiology, while its phototoxic mechanism is ambiguous. To uncover CP's …

To photoredox or not in neutral aqueous solutions for selected benzophenone and anthraquinone derivatives

X Zhang, J Ma, DL Phillips - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The experimental and theoretical results in neutral aqueous solutions reported here indicate
that a proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) from an alcohol C–H bond to the para …

Recent method developments and applications in computational photochemistry, chemiluminescene and bioluminescence

D Roca-Sanjuán, IF Galván, R Lindh, YJ Liu - 2014 - books.rsc.org
This review summarises and discusses the advances of computational photochemistry in
2012 and 2013 in both methodology and applications fields. The methodological …

Unravelling the early photochemical behavior of (8-substituted-7-hydroxyquinolinyl) methyl acetates through electronic structure theory and ultrafast transient …

J Ma, JM Mewes, KT Harris, TM Dore… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The photophysical processes and photochemical reactions in the ultrafast time region of (8-
bromo-7-hydroxyquinolin-2-yl) methyl acetate (BHQ-OAc) in acetonitrile and neutral …

Competition between “Meta Effect” Photochemical Reactions of Selected Benzophenone Compounds Having Two Different Substituents at Meta Positions

J Ma, H Li, X Zhang, WJ Tang, M Li… - The Journal of Organic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recent studies conducted on some “meta effect” photochemical reactions focused on
aromatic carbonyls having a substitution on one meta position of the benzophenone (BP) …

How Does the C–Halogen Bond Break in the Photosubstitution Reaction of 3-Fluorobenzophenone in Acidic Aqueous Solutions?

J Huang, J Ma, M Li, M Liu, X Zhang… - The Journal of Organic …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The efficient photosubstitution reaction of m-fluorobenzophenone and the related
photohydration reactions were systematically investigated in acidic aqueous solutions. The …

Ultrafast transient absorption investigation on the photochemical reaction mechanisms of selected aromatic carbonyl compounds

J Ma, Y Guo, DL Phillips - 2020 - dr.ntu.edu.sg
In our recent years' study, femtosecond time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy
experiments and density functional theory computations are done for the mechanistic …