Although photoredox catalysis is complex from a mechanistic point of view, it is also often
surprisingly efficient. In fact, the quantum efficiency of a puzzlingly large portion of …

Chemiluminescence (CL) is a luminescence phenomenon originated by a “chemical
reaction.” CL provides a basis for real-time imaging technology in materials science. In fact …

M. Chanon was born near Roannes (Loire, France) in 1940. He graduated with a Ph. D. in
heterocyclic chemistry with J. Metzger in Marseille (1967). He then entered CNRS where he …

A computational approach for modeling and predicting triplet energy sensitization of organic
molecules is described, which involves sampling the instantaneous, vertical energy gaps …

Photochemical valence bond isomerization of a crystalline Dewar benzene (DB) diacid
monoanion salt with an acetophenone-linked piperazinium cation that serves as an …

Donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts comprise a new class of reversible photochromic
molecules that absorb in the visible and near-infrared spectral regions. Unimolecular …

Larger azulene quenching effects are observed on trans— cis quantum yields than on
trans/cis photostationary com-positions for the direct photoisomerization of the stilbenes and …

Mulliken's molecular orbital calculations for ethylene served as a basis for early mechanistic
discussions (/). However, recent calculations have called into question the exact ordering of …

The photochemical decarbonylation of diphenylcyclopropenone (DPCP) to
diphenylacetylene (DPA) proceeds with remarkable efficiency both in solution and in the …

Photoisomerization of the three stereoisomers of 1, 4-diphenylbutadiene (DPB) in room-
temperature cyclohexane solution was studied by direct excitation and by triplet …