Publisher's Synopsis
This book discusses organic molecules in electronically excited states. It first describes the theory behind and the spectroscopic proof and secondly the possible photophysical and photochemical transitions of these short–lived excited states into stable ground states.
In the foreground is the description of activating and desactivating processes on the basis of simple MO–arguments, correlation diagrams and qualititative potential hyperfaces.
The authors support their discussion with many detailed examples. The references at the end of each chapter allow an extended study and bridge the gap to practical spectroscopy and photochemistry.
