Mechanistic and Exploratory Organic Photochemistry

该奖项支持威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校化学系霍华德·E·齐默尔曼教授的工作。本研究将采用实验和理论相结合的方法来研究有机光化学反应的机理。研究将集中在固态主客体光化学、光化学生成的双自由基和杂环的光化学等重要领域。这些研究的一个重要的统一主题是使用计算研究来补充实验研究，以努力分析锥形交叉点和避免交叉点的光化学反应。这些研究将为解开激发态物种复杂化学的计算方法的能力提供重要的测试。研究将有助于更好地理解光化学反应发生的方式。将这些研究扩展到固态将提供对绿色化学和太阳能研究产生长期影响的基础知识。齐默尔曼教授的许多合作者都从事了富有成效的学术生涯，预计这一趋势将继续下去。

With this award, the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program supports the work of Professor Howard E. Zimmerman of the Chemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. This research will use a combined experimental and theoretical approach to investigate the mechanisms of organic photochemical reactions. Studies will be focused on the important areas of solid state host-guest photochemistry, photochemically generated diradicals, and the photochemistry of heterocycles. An important unifying theme of these studies is the use of computational studies to complement experimental studies in an effort to analyze photochemical reactions in terms of conical intersections and avoided-crossings. These studies will provide important tests of the power of computational methods to unravel the complex chemistry of excited state species.The research will lead to a greater understanding of the way in which photochemical reactions occur. The extension of these studies to the solid state will provide fundamental knowledge that will have long-range impact in green chemistry and solar energy research. Many of Professor Zimmerman's collaborators have gone on to productive academic careers and it is anticipated that this trend will continue.