Photochemical methods, advantages

Collins and Williams [30] have recently described a modification of Ehr-hardt s earlier photochemical method [57], which offers the practical advantages of speed, convenience, and the potential for real-time analyses. However, until the accuracy of the results is established, the method will not receive general acceptance. Collins and Williams [30] examined the completeness of oxidation of their photo-oxidation system using three independent methods, but pointed out that while essentially complete oxidation was indicated, definitive proof was lacking. A more satisfactory solution to the problem might be found through comparison of results of the photo-oxidation method with the dry-combustion method, which most analysts are willing to accept as complete [96]. 

The hydrogen transfer photosensitization has been applied to the diastereo-selective alkylation of chiral fumaric acid derivatives, where again the mild conditions of the photochemical method are advantageous (Figure 3.8). ... 

The benzo[a Jquinolizinium ion and some of its derivatives (162) can be prepared by UV irradiation of styrylpyridinium salts (160 Scheme 91) (66JOC2616) in the presence of iodine (Table 6). It is believed that the styryl salt (160) is first isomerized to the cis configuration (161), then bond formation takes place, followed by loss of hydrogen. In view of the publication of an improved method for making styrylpyridinium salts (160) (69JMC1079) the photochemical method appears to offer an advantageous route to the parent compound (2). 

There has been considerable interest in photochemical methods for producing nitrenium ions. Photochemical routes hold several significant advantages over... 

Photochemical methods have occasionally been employed in the synthesis of ruthenium(II) complexes. While the same complexes could generally be prepared by alternate routes, the lower reaction temperatures required can be advantageous. Moreover, in some cases, the photolytic method can offer a selectivity not otherwise available. 

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An improvement in oxidative degradation procedures for organic compounds is based on a group of catalytic and photochemical methods, which are referred to as advanced oxidation processes (AOP s), and which can be used in homogeneous or heterogeneous media. However, heterogeneous catalysts have the advantage that they can be recovered and reused. 

The results of the above cited applications [18-28,45] have clearly shown that CS INDO method is fairly successful in combining equally satisfactory predictions of electronic spectra and potential surfaces (especially along internal rotation pathways) of conjugated molecules, a goal never reached by other NDO-type procedures. CS INDO shares, at least partly, the interpretative advantages of the CIPSI-PCILO-CNDO procedure [32,33,36,37], coming from using the same hybrid AO basis sets, but improves its predictive capabilities as far as spectroscopic and photochemical properties are concerned. 

In many chemical and even biological systems the use of an ab initio quantum dynamics method is either advantageous or mandatory. In particular, photochemical reactions may be most amenable to these methods because the dynamics of interest is often completed on a short (subpicosecond) timescale. The AIMS method has been developed to enable a realistic modeling of photochemical reactions, and in this review we have tried to provide a concise description of the method. We have highlighted (a) the obstacles that should be overcome whenever an ab initio quantum chemistry method is coupled to a quantum propagation method, (b) the wavefunction ansatz and fundamental... 

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