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Photochemistry. Volume 51 /

This annual review provides critical analysis of the literature on photochemistry and its applications for anyone wanting to keep up to date with the field. Combining reviews on the latest advances in photochemical research with specific topical highlights, this book is the primary resource for anyo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crespi, Stefano (Author)
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Other Authors: Protti, Stefano, 1979- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023.
Series:Specialist periodical reports
Subjects:
Photochemistry.
Photochimie.
Physical & Theoretical.
Chemistry.
SCIENCE.
Photochemistry
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Preface
  • Editor biographies
  • Author biographies
  • Contents
  • Part I: Critical reviews
  • Introduction of the year 2022
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Awards and medals
  • 3 Review of the year 2022
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Of corpses, light and electricity
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Science and social demands
  • 3 Is there a difference between reactions conductedin a natural environment and a non- natural environment?
  • 4 Liebig, Pasteur, van 't Hoff, and Cannizzaro: four pioneering figures in chemistry and science
  • 5 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • The molecules of colour. New structural derivatives from indigo: tryptanthrin and indirubin
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Tryptanthrin derivatives
  • 3 Indirubin: the red isomer of indigo
  • 4 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Light induced reactions in cryogenic matrices (highlights 2021-2022)
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Light induced conformational isomerizations
  • 3 Tautomerizations and other structural isomerizations
  • 4 Fragmentation reactions and reactive intermediates
  • 5 Complexes and weakly-bound species
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Photobiological systems studied by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy (2021-2022)
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Methods
  • 3 Studied systems
  • 4 Conclusions and perspectives
  • References
  • Time-resolved spectroscopy applied to heterogeneous photocatalytic materials (2019-2022)
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Transient absorption spectroscopy
  • 3 Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy
  • 4 Terahertz spectroscopy
  • 5 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Photophysics of transition metal complexes (2021-2022)
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 First-row transition metals
  • 3 Second- and third-row transition metals
  • References
  • Recent advances in photocatalytic water splitting and hydrogen generation (2021-2022)
  • 1 Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Photooxidation of thioethers: preparative and mechanistic investigations (2018-2022)
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Photooxidation under heterogeneous conditions
  • 3 Photooxidation under homogeneous conditions
  • References
  • Part II: Highlight papers
  • Photochemical routes to artemisinin
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Biosynthesis of artemisinin
  • 3 Early laboratory synthesis using light
  • 4 Industrial photochemical synthesis of artemisinin
  • 5 Continuous flow photochemical synthesis of artemisinin
  • 6 Other photochemical approaches
  • 7 Synthesis of artemisinin using new photosensitizers
  • 8 Alternative routes using photochemistry
  • 9 Conclusions
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Advances in polaritonic photochemistry
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Polaritonic potential energy surfaces
  • 3 Directions for polaritonic chemistry
  • 4 Conclusions
  • References
  • New synthetic strategies based on photoinduced halogen-atom transfer (XAT)