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Watching the Photo‐Oxidation of a Single Aromatic Hydrocarbon Molecule
Author(s) -
Christ Thomas,
Kulzer Florian,
Bordat Patrice,
Basché Thomas
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20011119)40:22<4192::aid-anie4192>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - photochemistry , singlet oxygen , molecule , fluorescence , chemistry , singlet state , confocal , quantum chemical , oxygen , organic chemistry , physics , excited state , optics , atomic physics
The photooxidation of single dye molecules (see scheme) can be followed by confocal fluorescence microscopy. The self‐sensitized reaction with singlet oxygen leads to a suite of products, which may be differentiated spectrally. Tentative structures for certain photoproducts have been obtained from quantum‐chemical calculations.