C8780 Organic Photochemistry

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). 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
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:50 03021
Prerequisites
( C1020 General Chemistry && C2021 Organic Chemistry I && C3022 Organic Chemistry II &&( C4660 Basic Physical Chemistry || C3140 Physical Chemistry I )&&( C4020 Physical Chemistry II || C4402 Physical Chemistry II ))||SOUHLAS
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
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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 law. Quantum yield. Electronic orbitals and configurations. Transitions between states. Singlet-triplet splitting. Jablonski diagram. Franck-Condon principle. Nuclear geometry of excited molecules. 2. Radiative transitions: Fluorescence and phosphorescence. Excimers and exciplexes. Laser spectroscopy. 3. Radiationless transitions: Internal conversion. Intersystem crossing. Spin-orbital coupling. Vibrational relaxation. Heavy atom effect. 4. Mechanistic photochemistry: Kinetics and energetics. Stern-Volmer plot. Actinometry. Photosensitization. Reactive intermediates. Biradicals. 5. Energy transfer. Electron transfer. Marcus theory. 6. Cycloadditions and photoadditions. 7. Photofragmentation reactios. 8. Isomerizations and rearrangements. 9. Photochemical aromatic substitution. Photoreductions. 10. Reactions of singlet oxygen. Chemiluminiscence. Solid state photochemistry. 11. Experimental photochemistry. Safety procedures. 12. Photochemistry and photobiology.
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.
Teacher's information
http://www.sci.muni.cz/photochemistry/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2000, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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