Light Absorption and Photochemistry of Organic Molecules [Hardcover]

M. Klessinger (Author), J. Michl (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3527895884 | ISBN-13: 978-3527895885 | Publication Date: September 1993

A revised and improved English-language edition of Klessinger and Michl's earlier German-language textbook, which has been edited to appeal to its English-language audience. It introduces and presents the theory underlying organic photochemistry, a topic which has become fashionable within physical organic chemistry. It is aimed at graduate students and individual researchers, both academic and industrial, in photochemistry, spectroscopy and allied disciplines.

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From the Publisher

This volume provides a non-mathematical introduction to electronic excitation in organic molecules and offers an integrated view of the principles of electronic spectroscopy, photophysics, and photochemistry. This is the first book to incorporate recent advances in understanding the role of conical intersections in photochemical and photophysical processes. Throughout the book, the concepts of potential energy surfaces, bonding theory, molecular electronic structure, and their relationship to the understanding of photochemistry are emphasized. Simple and initiative qualitative models are used to explain how electronic structures may be probed with ordinary and polarized light. Every chapter contains extensive references and worked examples to illustrate practical applications of the theories presented. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Excited States and Photochemistry of Organic Molecules Martin Klessinger Josef Michl This book provides a non-mathematical introduction to electronic excitation in organic molecules, and offers an integrated view of the principles of electronic spectroscopy, photophysics, and photochemistry. This is the first book to incorporate recent advances in understanding the role of conical intersections in photochemical and photophysical processes. Throughout the book, the concepts of potential energy surfaces, bonding theory, and molecular electronic structure in the understanding of photochemistry are emphasized. Simple and intuitive qualitative models for the nature of electronic states are used to explain how electronic structure can be probed by spectroscopy with ordinary and polarized light, including natural and magnetic circular dichroism. Every chapter includes worked examples that illustrate practical applications of theory, as well as extensive references to the original literature. Excited States and Photochemistry of Organic Molecules is suitable for use as a text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physical organic chemistry and photochemistry. Also available from VCH Circular Dichroism Principles and Applications K. Nakanishi, N. Berova, and R.W. Woody, eds. Hardcover. ISBN 1-56081-618-X Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy Methods and Applications B. Schrader, ed. Hardcover. ISBN 3-527-26446-9 Spectroscopy with Polarized Light Solute Alignment by Photoselection, in Liquid Crystals, Polymers, and Membranes J. Michl and E.W. Thulstrup Paperback. ISBN 1-56081-910-3 --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 496 pages
• Publisher: Vch Pub (September 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3527895884
• ISBN-13: 978-3527895885

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