PřF:C8780 Organic Photochemistry - Course Information
C8780 Organic Photochemistry
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2002
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Petr Klán, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Petr Klán, Ph.D.
Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites
- Organic chemistry; physical organic chemistry; physical chemistry; kinetics; quantum chemistry; physics.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Analytical Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Analytical Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Inorganic Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Inorganic Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Biochemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Biochemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Physical Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Physical Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Physical Chemistry (programme PřF, N-CH)
- Macromolecular Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Environmental Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Environmental Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Macromolecular Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Macromolecular Chemistry (programme PřF, N-CH)
- Organic Chemistry (programme PřF, D-CH) (2)
- Organic Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Organic Chemistry (programme PřF, N-CH)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Chemistry (programme PřF, M-CH)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Chemistry (programme PřF, M-SS)
- Course objectives
- The lecture discusses the chemistry that follows the absorption of electromagnetic radiation. It explains the extraordinary influence of visible or ultraviolet light on chemical behaviour of organic compounds.
- Syllabus
- 1. Overview: The electronic excitation and deexcitation of organic molecules. State energy diagrams. Potential energy surfaces. Lambert-Beer low. Quantum yield. 2. Theoretical photochemistry: Electronic orbitals and configurations. Transitions between states. Singlet-triplet splitting. Jablonski diagram. Franck-Condon principle. Nuclear geometry of excited molecules. 3. Radiative transitions: Fluorescence and phosphorescence. Excimers and exciplexes. Laser spectroscopy. 4. Radiationless transitions: Internal conversion. Intersystem crossing. Spin-orbital coupling. Vibrational relaxation. Heavy atom effect. 5. Mechanistic photochemistry: Kinetics and energetics. Stern-Volmer plot. Actinometry. Photosensitization. Reactive intermediates. Biradicals. 6. Energy transfer. Electron transfer. Marcus theory. 7. Cycloadditions and photoadditions. 8. Photofragmentation reactios. 9. Isomerizations and rearrangements. 10. Photochemical aromatic substitution. Photoreductions. 11. Reactions of singlet oxygen. Chemiluminiscence. Solid state photochemistry. 12. Experimental photochemistry. Safety procedures. 13. Photochemical applications.
- Literature
- KLÁN, Petr. Organická fotochemie (Organic Photochemistry). 1. vydání. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 2001, 121 pp. ISBN 80-210-2526-3. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Test v anglickém jazyce a ústní zkouška v českém jazyce.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week. - Teacher's information
- http://cheminfo.chemi.muni.cz/photochem/
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2002, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/sci/spring2002/C8780