Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

The halogenation of alcohols under mild conditions expedited by the presence of
substoichiometric amounts of thiourea additives is presented. The amount of thiourea added …

Photocages can provide spatial and temporal control to accurately release the various
chemicals and bioactive groups when excited by light. Although the absorption spectra of …

Blebbistatin (Bleb) derivatives are a visible light photocage platform. During the
photocleavage process, intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) and cationic intermediates play …

Anthraquinones are recognized as high efficiency photocatalysts which can perform various
redox reactions in aqueous or organic phases. We have experimentally proven that 2-BrAQ …

Pesticides are essential in agricultural development. Controlled‐release pesticides have
attracted great attentions. Base on a principle of spatiotemporal selectivity, we extended the …

Time-resolved spectroscopic experiments, assisted with DFT calculations, were employed to
study the photochemical reaction mechanism of (4-oxo-3-phenyl-4H-thiochromen-2-yl) …

Acetoxy-1, 2, 2-tri (aryl) ethanone (1) is a novel and visual release-and-report system that
contains the photochromic diarylethylene function attached to the photocage …

This chapter serves as a review of the literature concerning the use of laser flash photolysis
(LFP) in research reported between the years 2015 and 2018. The first half of the chapter …

Time-resolved spectroscopy studies coupled with the results from density functional theory
(DFT) computations were utilized to unravel the photodeprotection reaction mechanism (s) …