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Torsional Photoisomerization Proceeding Adiabatically Through a Volume‐Conserving Pathway in Uninhibited Fluid Media
Author(s) -
Balomenou Ioanna,
Pistolis George
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200900306
Subject(s) - photoisomerization , excited state , singlet state , chemistry , photochemistry , twist , singlet oxygen , rotation (mathematics) , atom (system on chip) , atomic physics , oxygen , physics , catalysis , organic chemistry , isomerization , computer science , embedded system , biochemistry , geometry , mathematics
Doing the hula twist? A photochemically stimulated inversion of an sp 2 ‐hybridized oxygen atom upon simultaneous rotation of two adjacent bonds may be possible in a pure singlet excited potential energy surface in uninhibited fluid media (see scheme).