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A significantly updated translation of Lichtabsorption und Photochemie Organischer Molek<:;u>le, published by VCH in 1989. A graduate textbook that provides a qualitative description of electronic excitation in organic molecules and of the associated spectroscopy, photophysics, and photochemistry. The treatment is non- mathematical and emphasizes the use of simple qualitative models for developing an intuitive feeling for the course of photophysical and photochemical processes in terms of potential energy hypersurfaces. Special attention is paid to recent developments, particularly to the role of conical intersections. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Excited States and Photochemistry of Organic Molecules Martin Klessinger WestBlische Wilhelms-Universitat Monster
Josef Michl University of Colorado
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Martin Klessinaer Organisch-~hemischesInstitut WestfMische Wilhelms-UnivenitBt P48149 Monster Germany
Josef Michl Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-02 15
Library of Congress CaWoging-in-Publiestion Data Klessinger. Martin. Excited states and photochemistry of organic molecules I Martin Klessinger, Josef Michl. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 1-56081-588-4 1. Chemistry, Physical organic. 2. Photochemistry. 3. Excited . 11. Title. state chemistry. I. Michl, Josef, 1939QD476.K53 1994 547.1'354~20
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