INOR 357 |
| The photolysis of a parent molecule to form geminate radicals proceeds with 100% efficiency for gas molecules at low pressures. However, the efficiency of the aforementioned photoreaction drastically decreases when the photolysis is performed in solution. This phenomenon is referred to as the cage effect and is attributed to the rebounding of the geminate radicals off the surrounding solvent molecules, which facilitates the recombination of the radicals to reform the initial parent molecule instead of the escape product, thus reducing the overall efficiency of the photoreaction. Although solvent cage effects are vital to understanding many kinetic and reaction phenomena of radical species in solution, not much was known about how different parameters impact solvent cage effects until recently. To address this, our group has spent the last decade investigating different parameters (radical size, shape, etc.) and how they impact solvent cage effects. This poster highlights some of our findings. |
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Radical Metal Complex Chemistry
7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sunday, 10 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster
Division of Inorganic Chemistry |