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Photochemical Processes in Non‐Equilibrated Franck‐Condon States
Author(s) -
Feitelson Jehuda
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.197300044
Subject(s) - chemistry , excited state , photodissociation , dissociation (chemistry) , photochemistry , solvent , atomic physics , franck–condon principle , organic chemistry , physics
Solution reactions which occur in pre‐equilibrium excited states, i.e. before the system has reached the lowest thermalized excited state are discussed. Two examples, the photodissociation of β ‐naphtholate into a solvated electron plus radical and the acid dissociation of excited β ‐naphthol are dealt with in some detail. It is proposed that in these two cases at least the reactions might take place in a, so called, solvent Franck Condon state, i.e. a state in which the solvent has not yet attained the appropriate excited state orientation.