Singlet oxygen chemistry

Clennan, E.L. and Pace, A. (2005). Advances in singlet oxygen chemistry. Tetrahedron 61, 6665-6691... 

Clennan, E.L. (2000). New mechanistic and synthetic aspects of singlet oxygen chemistry. Tetrahedron 56, 9151-9179... 

Aebisher, D., Azar, N.S., Zamadar, M., Gandra, N., Gafney, H.D., Gao, R. and Greer, A. (2008) Singlet oxygen chemistry in water a porous vycor glass supported photosensitizer. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112 (7), 1913-1917. 

Reviews have appeared of the solid-state dimerisation of thiones, the photooxidation of sulphur compounds, thiocarbonyl photochemistry, the DCA sensitized photooxygenation of olefins, and of the role of intersystero crossing steps in singlet oxygen chemistry. ... 

In summaiy, organic ozone chemistry is an active research area and will continue to see new developments both from theoretical and industrial viewpoints. In particular, we shall likely see the relationship between ozone chemistry, autoxidation, photo-oxidation, and singlet oxygen chemistry more clearly defined, with a noteworthy contribution being made at this symposium. 

Advances in singlet oxygen chemistry including photooxidation of five-membered heteroaromatics with one and two heteroatoms 05X6665. 

Recent Aspects of Singlet Oxygen Chemistry of Photooxidation, ed. I. Saito and T. Matsuma, Tetrahedron (Symposium in Print),... 

As we have noted often, photochemistry is a game of relative rates. The longer the intrinsic lifetime of a species, the more likely it is to react. Thus, the efficiency of singlet oxygen chemistry can be profoundly influenced by just the judicious choice of solvent. Note that the relatively short lifetime of singlet oxygen in water means that under biological conditions this potentially reactive species is fairly short lived. 

Turro, N. J., The role of intersystem crossing steps in singlet oxygen chemistry and photo-oxidations, Tetrahedron, 41, 2089,1985. 

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