Solution and Gas-Phase Photochemistry Involving Multiple andDelocalized Excited States

有机动力学计划的这笔赠款支持 哈利·A教授的工作。普渡大学的莫里森 大学 这项研究将产生基本的结果， 化学过程的重要性， 有机分子与光的相互作用。 莫里森博士的研究旨在提供 关于光化学反应性的信息 中间体，特别是由双官能 分子。 调查将重点了解三个 相关现象：（1）光化学的后果 具有两个非共轭的分子的轨道混合 官能团，（2）分子内光敏化 多功能分子，和（3）光化学过程 涉及高电子和振动激发态的分子 states. 分子轨道计算将用于 解释并关联实验结果。

This grant from the Organic Dynamics Program supports the continuing work of Professor Harry A. Morrison at Purdue University. This research will yield results of fundamental significance about chemical processes that result from the interaction of organic molecules with light. Dr. Morrison's research is designed to provide important information about the reactivity of photochemical intermediates, particularly those generated from difunctional molecules. The investigation will focus on understanding three related phenomena: (1) the photochemical consequences of orbital mixing for molecules having two non-conjugated functional groups, (2) intramolecular photosensitization in multifunctional molecules, and (3) photochemical processes involving molecules in upper electronic and vibrational excited states. Molecular orbital calculations will be employed to interpret and correlate the experimental results.