THE EXCHANGE POLARIZATION MODEL OF PHOTOISOMERIZATION - A RATIONALE FOR PROFOUND SOLVENT EFFECTS ON PHOTOISOMERIZATION OF TRANS-STILBENE AND ALL-TRANS RETINAL

Authors
DECKERT V IWATA K HAMAGUCHI H
Citation
V. Deckert et al., THE EXCHANGE POLARIZATION MODEL OF PHOTOISOMERIZATION - A RATIONALE FOR PROFOUND SOLVENT EFFECTS ON PHOTOISOMERIZATION OF TRANS-STILBENE AND ALL-TRANS RETINAL, Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. A, Chemistry, 102(1), 1996, pp. 35-38
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. A, Chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
10106030
Volume
102
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
35 - 38
Database
ISI
SICI code
1010-6030(1996)102:1<35:TEPMOP>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The exchange model of photoisomerization proposed recently by us for S -1 trans-stilbene is further examined and confirmed with a set of new data on trans-stilbene-d(10). The model is then generalized (termed th e exchange polarization model) in order to account for the known photo isomerization behaviors of all-trans retinal in polar and non-polar so lvents, This new model gives a clear picture of how the isomerization reaction proceeds in the excited electronic state. It leads to a worki ng hypothesis for controlling the photoisomerization pathways of polye nes.