Excited-state proton transfer reactions I. Fundamentals and intermolecular reactions

LG Arnaut, SJ Formosinho - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A …, 1993 - Elsevier
Theoretical models that have been proposed and applied to proton transfer reactions are
reviewed in this work. Simple models, like the Eigen model, Marcus theory and the …

The photophysics, physical photochemistry, and related spectroscopy of thiocarbonyls

A Maciejewski, RP Steer - Chemical reviews, 1993 - ACS Publications
Recent reviews1" 3 document that compounds con-taining the carbonyl group continue to
play an important role in thedevelopment of our understanding of the photochemistry and …

Design of porphyrin-based photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

LG Arnaut - Advances in Inorganic Chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Porphyrin and metalloporphyrin derivatives are at the forefront of the photosensitizers
currently investigated for the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. Earlier examples …

Proton-coupled photoinduced electron transfer, deuterium isotope effects, and fluorescence quenching in noncovalent benzo [a] pyrenetetraol-nucleoside complexes …

VY Shafirovich, SH Courtney, N Ya… - Journal of the …, 1995 - ACS Publications
A proton-coupled, photoinduced electron transfer mechanism is responsible for the
extraordinarily efficient dynamic and static quenching (94—99%) of the fluorescence of the …

Charge transfer and reactivity of n. pi.* and. pi.. pi.* organic triplets, including anthraquinonesulfonates, in interactions with inorganic anions: a comparative study …

I Loeff, J Rabani, A Treinin… - Journal of the American …, 1993 - ACS Publications
The study of rates and radical yields in charge-transfer (CT) interactions between organic
triplets and simple anions has been extended to triplets of 1-sulfonate, 1, 5-disulfonate, and …

Femtochemistry of Norrish Type‐I Reactions: II. The Anomalous Predissociation Dynamics of Cyclobutanone on the S1 Surface

EWG Diau, C Kötting, AH Zewail - ChemPhysChem, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The anomalous nonradiative dynamics for three cyclobutanone isotopomers ([D0]‐, 3, 3‐
[D2]‐, and 2, 2, 4, 4‐[D4] cyclobutanone) have been investigated using femtosecond (fs) …

Substituent effect on the photoreduction kinetics of benzophenone

A Demeter, K Horváth, K Böőr… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The kinetics of the photoreduction of four benzophenone derivatives by isopropyl alcohol
was examined in acetonitrile, namely, tetra-meta-trifluoromethyl-, di-para-trifluoromethyl-, di …

A critical assessment of classical and semi-classical models for electron transfer reactions in solution

SJ Formosinho, LG Arnaut… - Progress in Reaction …, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
The microscopic descriptions of electron transfer (ET) reactions given by Marcus theory (MT)
and by the intersecting-state model (ISM) are compared with ab initio calculations on O2/O2 …

Analytical solution for time-resolved photoacoustic calorimetry data and applications to two typical photoreactions

FA Schaberle, RMD Nunes, M Barroso, C Serpa… - Photochemical & …, 2010 - Springer
Time-resolved photoacoustic calorimetry (PAC) allows the measurement of lifetimes and
energy fractions of molecular nonradiative deactivation processes, as well as structural …

Surface modification of poly (tetrafluoroethylene) with benzophenone and sodium hydride by ultraviolet irradiation

I Noh, K Chittur, SL Goodman… - Journal of Polymer …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (tetrafluoroethylene)(PTFE) films were surface modified in a solution of
benzophenone and sodium hydride in dry dimethylformamide by ultraviolet (UV) light …