He. Zimmerman et Ee. Nesterov, Crystal lattice photochemistry often proceeds in discrete stages. mechanistic and exploratory organic photochemistry, ORG LETT, 2(8), 2000, pp. 1169-1171
While the solid state photochemistry of crystals has been assumed to procee
d to some critical point beyond which the crystal is destroyed, it has now
been found that crystal lattice photochemistry often occurs in stages or re
gimes. In each regime different chemistry generally results. The reaction i
n different stages may be followed kinetically.