Cover; Preface; Author biographies; Contents; Part 1: Periodical Reports: Organic andComputational aspects (2016-2017); Introduction of the year; 1 Introduction; 2 The sentence of the year, 1918; 3 Awards and medals; 4 Reviews of the year; 5 Highlights in volumes 37 to 46; References; Quantum chemistry of the excited state: recent trends in methods developments and applications; 1 Introduction; 2 Developments of methods and theory; 3 Conical intersections and their role in photophysics and photochemistry; 4 DNA/RNA spectroscopy and photochemistry.
5 Intramolecular cyclization reactions6 Rearrangements; 7 Oxidation; References; Organic aspects. Oxygen-containing functions; 1 Introduction; 2 Norrish type I reactions; 3 Hydrogen abstractions; 4 Paternoò-Büchi photocycloadditions; 5 Photoreactions of multichromoporic systems: dicarbonyl compounds, enones, quinones and quinone methides; 6 Photoeliminations: photodecarboxylations, photodecarbonylations and photodenitrogenations; 7 Photo-Fries and photo-Claisen rearrangements; 8 Photocleavage of cyclic ethers; 9 Photoremovable protecting groups; 10 Miscellanea; References.
5 Photosensitisation of biological structures and photodynamic therapy6 Chemiexcitation; 7 Summary and outlook; Acknowledgements; References; Organic aspects: photochemistry of alkenes, dienes, polyenes (2016-2017); 1 Introduction; 2 Photoinduced (E)-(Z) isomerization; 3 Electrocyclization; 4 Photoinduced addition; 5 Photocatalysts; 6 Photooxygenation and photooxidation; 7 Photochemistry of polyenes; References; Photochemistry of aromatic compounds; 1 Introduction; 2 Isomerization reactions; 3 Addition and cycloaddition reactions; 4 Substitution reactions.
Function containing a heteroatom different from oxygen (2016-2017)1 Nitrogen containing functions; 2 Functions containing other heteroatoms; References; Part 2: Highlights; Design and synthesis of two-photon responsive chromophores for application to uncaging reactions; 1 Introduction; 2 Examples of photolabile protecting groups (PPGs) and uncaging mechanism; 3 Two-photon absorption and excitation; 4 Two-photon responsive chromophores; 5 Recent developments in TP uncaging reactions; 6 Design and synthesis of TP responsive PPGs with stilbene core; 7 Perspective for future TP responsive PPGs.
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Drawing on the wealth of photochemical research, this volume combines reviews on the latest advances in the field of photochemistry with specific topical highlights relevant to a wide range of academic and commercial disciplines.