The dynamics of chemical reactions in liquid solutions are now amenable to direct study
using ultrafast laser spectroscopy techniques and advances in computer simulation …

The physical limits of the photometric resolution in broadband electronic transient absorption
spectroscopy are discussed together with solutions for how to reach these limits in practice …

The unimolecular heterolysis of covalent σ-bonds is integral to many chemical
transformations, including SN1-, E1-and 1, 2-migration reactions. To a first approximation …

To access the intrinsic, diffusion free, rate constant of bimolecular photoinduced electron
transfer reactions, fluorescence quenching experiments have been performed with 14 …

In concert with carbonyl compounds, Lewis acids have been identified as a versatile class of
photocatalysts. Thus far, research has focused on activation of the substrate, either by …

Photochemical reactions in solution often proceed via competing reaction pathways
comprising intermediates that capture a solvent molecule. A disclosure of the underlying …

Nonadiabatic electron and nuclear dynamics of photoexcited molecules involving conical
intersections is of fundamental importance in many reactions such as the self-protection …

Diphenylcarbene (DPC) shows a triplet ground-state lying approximately 3 kcal/mol below
the lowest singlet state. Under the conditions of matrix isolation at 25 K, DPC reacts with …

The ultimate goal of chemical kinetics is to understand why a given reaction is fast or not. To
this end it is necessary to count on robust and experimentally well tested theories. One of the …

The generation of carbocations by laser flash photolysis of suitable precursors provides
information about their reactivities toward nucleophiles on the nanosecond and …