Stilbene Photoisomerization on Templates

The synthesized dual stilbene-nitroxide probe (BFLl, Section 1.5) was covalently immobilized onto the surface of a quartz plate [115]. A few water/glycerol mixtures of different viscosities were prepared and the kinetics of photoisomerization for 

To summarize, in the present section, we have demonstrated that the stilbene photoisomerization is a training area, a relatively simple and convenient model reaction for a thorough investigation of detailed mechanisms of photochemical reactions and factors affecting the photochemical conversion rate. Theoretical and experimental data in this area vdll pave the way for practical application of stilbenes as switching materials and biophysical probes (Chapter 10). 

2 Hammond, G.S. and Saltiel, J. (1962) Journal of the American Chemical Society, 84, 4983-4984. 

5 Saltiel, J. and Sun, Y.-P. (1990) Photochromism, Molecules and Systems (eds H. Diirr and H. Bouas-Lament), Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 64. 

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