EXCITED-STATE PROTON-TRANSFER REACTIONS .1. FUNDAMENTALS AND INTERMOLECULAR REACTIONS

Theoretical models that have been proposed and applied to proton trans fer reactions are reviewed in this work. Simple models, like the Eigen model, Marcus theory and the intersecting state model, are applied to excited-state intermolecular proton transfers. The kinetics and therm odynamics of proton transfers occurring in the singlet states of aroma tic molecules with -OH, -NH3+, -NH2 and =CO substituents are reviewed.