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Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry

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Kinetics Optical Spectra Thermodynamics
ESR Studies Excited States Photochemistry
Radiation Chemistry Related Experimental Studies Multiphase Systems
Polymers Biological and Medical Aspects Solar Energy
Industrial and Environmental Applications Theoretical Studies Reviews

Kinetics

Non-exponentiality in electron transfer kinetics: Static versus dynamic disorder models.
Bagchi, B., Proc. - Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 109(6): 379-88 (1997).

Efficient photoinduced electron transfer in a rigid U-shaped tetrad bearing terminal porphyrin and viologen units.
Jolliffe, K.A., Bell, T.D.M., Ghiggino, K.P., Langford, S.J., Paddon-Row, M.N., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 37(7): 916-9 (1998).

Kinetics and mechanisms of hydrogen peroxide disproportionation catalyzed by mononuclear Schiff base manganese(III) complexes: Effects of chelate and hydroxide ion on hydrogen peroxide disproportionation in N,N-dimethylformamide.
Uehara, M., Urade, M., Abe, Y., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 71(3): 609-17 (1998).

Evidence for the presence of dual emission in a ruthenium(II) polypyridyl mixed ligand complex.
Keyes, T.E., O'Connor, C., Vos, J.G., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (8): 889-90 (1998).

Radiation-induced reactions of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in aqueous solution.
Schmelling, D.C., Gray, K.A., Kamat, P.V., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(7): 971-4 (1998).

Reaction of ozone with ethene and its methyl- and chlorine- substituted derivatives in aqueous solution.
Dowideit, P., von Sonntag, C., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(8): 1112-9 (1998).

Nitrogen dioxide absorption and sulfite oxidation in aqueous sulfite.
Shen, C.H., Rochelle, G.T., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(13): 1994-2003 (1998).

Products of the gas-phase reactions of a series of methyl substituted ethenes with the OH radical.
Tuazon, E.C., Aschmann, S.M., Arey, J., Atkinson, R., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(14): 2106-12 (1998).

Orbital-symmetry effects in bimolecular electron-transfer reactions: Back electron transfer.
Haselbach, E., Pilloud, D., Suppan, P., Helv. Chim. Acta 81(4): 670-5 (1998).

Absolute rate constants for the addition of malonyl radicals to alkenes in solution.
Weber, M., Fischer, H., Helv. Chim. Acta 81(4): 770-80 (1998).

Electrochemical oxidation of some enol silyl ethers; investigations on the reactivity of cyclizable cation-radicals.
Audebert, P., Roche, M., Bekolo, H., J. Electroanal. Chem. 445(1-2): 203-9 (1998).

Kinetics of photochemical alkane dehydrogenation catalyzed by Rh(PMe3)2(CO)Cl: implications concerning the C-H bond activation step.
Rosini, G.P., Soubra, S., Vixamar, M., Wang, S.Y., Goldman, A.S., J. Organomet. Chem. 554(1): 41-7 (1998).

Measurement of dipole moments and lifetimes of triplet states of fluorenone and its derivatives by time resolved microwave dielectric absorption.
Santhamurthy, A.R., Rao, T.A.P., Sobhanadri, J., Murthy, V.R.K., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 67(4): 1220-5 (1998).

Optical Spectra

Flavin- and deazaflavin-containing model compounds mimic the energy transfer step in type-II DNA-photolyases.
Epple, R., Carell, T., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 37(7): 938-41 (1998).

Intense dyes through chromophore-chromophore interactions: Bi- and trichromophoric perylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide)s.
Langhals, H., Jona, W., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 37(7): 952-5 (1998).

p-Benzyne.
Marquardt, R., Balster, A., Sander, W., Kraka, E., Cremer, D., Radziszewski, J.G., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 37(7): 955-8 (1998).

Enhanced electronic conjugation in anthracene-linked porphyrins.
Taylor, P.N., Wylie, A.P., Huuskonen, J., Anderson, H.L., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 37(7): 986-9 (1998).

Bi- and tri-nuclear ruthenium(II) complexes containing tetrapyridophenazine as a rigid bridging ligand.
Bonhôte, P., Lecas, A., Amouyal, E., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (8): 885-6 (1998).

Triple fluorescence of 4-(1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecyl)benzonitrile.
Choi, L.S., Collins, G.E., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (8): 893-4 (1998).

Cyclophanes and [2]catenanes as ligands for transition metal complexes: Synthesis, structure, absorption spectra, and excited state and electrochemical properties.
Ashton, P.R., Balzani, V., Credi, A., Kocian, O., Pasini, D., Prodi, L., Spencer, N., Stoddart, J.F., Tolley, M.S., Venturi, M., White, A.J.P., Williams, D.J., Chem.--Eur. J. 4(4): 590-607 (1998).

Synthesis, structure and photophysics of neutral [pi]-associated [2]catenanes.
Hamilton, D.G., Davies, J.E., Prodi, L., Sanders, J.K.M., Chem.--Eur. J. 4(4): 608-20 (1998).

Structural information from hydrazine radical cation optical absorption spectra.
Nelsen, S.F., Tran, H.Q., Ismagilov, R.F., Ramm, M.T., Chen, L.J., Powell, D.R., J. Org. Chem. 63(8): 2536-43 (1998).

Using spectroelectrochemistry to probe the light absorbing properties of polymetallic complexes containing the tridentate bridging ligand 2,3,5,6-tetrakis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine.
Jones, S.W., Vrana, L.M., Brewer, K.J., J. Organomet. Chem. 554(1): 29-40 (1998).

Photochemistry of bis-{chloro(dicarbonyl)rhodium} in low temperature frozen gas matrices at 12 K and in Nujol mulls at 77 K: infrared and electronic spectroscopic evidence for retention of the bis-{(chloro)rhodium} bridging unit but photoejection of terminal carbonyl ligands.
Bays, J.T., Bitterwolf, T.E., Lott, K.A., Ollino, M.A., Rest, A.J., Smith, L.M., J. Organomet. Chem. 554(1): 75-85 (1998).

Observation of van der Waals vibrations in zero kinetic energy (ZEKE) photoelectron spectra of toluene-Ar van der Waals complex.
Inoue, H., Sato, S., Kimura, K., J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 88: 125-30 (1998).

Zero kinetic energy (ZEKE) photoelectron study of the benzene-N2 and fluorobenzene-N2 van der Waals complexes.
Shinohara, H., Sato, S., Yoshihara, K., Kimura, K., J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 88: 131-6 (1998).

ZEKE photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio force-field calculation of 1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene.
Sato, S., Ikeda, K., Kimura, K., J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 88: 137-42 (1998).

Spectroscopic and excited-state properties of luminescent rhenium(I) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes containing aromatic diimine ligands.
Xue, W.M., Chan, M.C.W., Su, Z.M., Cheung, K.K., Liu, S.T., Che, C.M., Organometallics 17(8): 1622-30 (1998).

A two-step chemical/chiroptical method for determining absolute configurations of [alpha]-hydroxy acids.
Rickman, B.H., Matile, S., Nakanishi, K., Berova, N., Tetrahedron 54(20): 5041-64 (1998).

Self-organized porphyrin array.
Kuroda, Y., Shiraishi, N., Sugou, K., Sasaki, K., Ogoshi, H., Tetrahedron Lett. 39(19): 2993-6 (1998).

Unusual formation of 2,1-benzisothiazole derivatives.
Aqad, E., Ellern, A., Khodorkovsky, V., Tetrahedron Lett. 39(20): 3311-4 (1998).

Thermodynamics

Bucky ligands: Synthesis, ruthenium(II) complexes, and electrochemical properties.
Armspach, D., Constable, E.C., Diederich, F., Housecroft, C.E., Nierengarten, J.F., Chem.--Eur. J. 4(4): 723-33 (1998).

Aqueous catalytic disproportionation and oxidation of nitric oxide.
Macneil, J.H., Berseth, P.A., Westwood, G., Trogler, W.C., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(7): 876-81 (1998).

An electroreflectance and photoelectrochemical study of hypericin at bare and modified gold electrodes.
Sagara, T., Kawamura, H., Ezoe, K., Nakashima, N., J. Electroanal. Chem. 445(1-2): 171-7 (1998).

Spectroelectrochemical studies of cytochrome b5 Phe35 mutants.
Yao, P., Wang, Y.H., Xie, Y., Huang, Z.X., J. Electroanal. Chem. 445(1-2): 197-201 (1998).

Acid-base interaction of piridyl(naphthyl)oxadiazoles with sulfuric acid in basic and excited states.
Volchkov, V.V., Druzhinin, S.I., Uzhinov, B.M., Zh. Obshch. Khim. 68(1): 154-6 (1998).

ESR Studies

Direct observation of radical intermediates while investigating the redox behavior of thiamin coenzyme models.
Nakanishi, I., Itoh, S., Suenobu, T., Fukuzumi, S., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 37(7): 992-4 (1998).

EPR studies associated with the electrochemical reduction of C60 and supramolecular complexes of C60 in toluene-acetonitrile solvent mixtures.
Olsen, S.A., Bond, A.M., Compton, R.G., Lazarev, G., Mahon, P.J., Marken, F., Raston, C.L., Tedesco, V., Webster, R.D., J. Phys. Chem. A 102(16): 2641-9 (1998).

Investigation of the molecular motion of self-assembled fatty acid films.
Risse, T., Hill, T., Schmidt, J., Abend, G., Hamann, H., Freund, H.J., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(15): 2668-76 (1998).

Investigation of ESR, TL and positron annihilation in [gamma]-ray irradiated magnesium sulphate.
Luo, D.L., Zhang, C.X., Leung, P.L., Deng, Z.L., Stokes, M.J., J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 31(7): 906-12 (1998).

Nucleophilic attack on the nitrone tautomeric form of 1-hydroxy-2-phenylindole.
Bruni, P., Giorgini, E., Tommasi, G., Greci, L., Tetrahedron 54(20): 5305-14 (1998).

Excited States

Picosecond time-resolved CARS spectroscopy of a mixed excited singlet state of diphenylhexatriene.
Hogiu, S., Werncke, W., Pfeiffer, M., Lau, A., Steinke, T., Chem. Phys. Lett. 287(1-2): 8-16 (1998).

Femtosecond relaxation processes from a higher excited electronic state of a dye molecule in solution.
Kang, T.J., Ohta, K., Tominaga, K., Yoshihara, K., Chem. Phys. Lett. 287(1-2): 29-34 (1998).

Lifetime measurements of the A2[Pi]1/2 state of BaF using laser spectroscopy.
Berg, L.E., Gador, N., Husain, D., Ludwigs, H., Royen, P., Chem. Phys. Lett. 287(1-2): 89-93 (1998).

Visible light sensitisation of titanium dioxide using a phenylene vinylene polymer.
Savenije, T.J., Warman, J.M., Goossens, A., Chem. Phys. Lett. 287(1-2): 148-53 (1998).

Wavelength dependence of the nonlinear absorption of C60- and C70-toluene solutions.
Barroso, J., Costela, A., Garcia-Moreno, I., Saiz, J.L., J. Phys. Chem. A 102(15): 2527-32 (1998).

Efficiency of thermionic emission from C60.
Deng, R.P., Echt, O., J. Phys. Chem. A 102(15): 2533-9 (1998).

Intramolecular triplet energy transfer. 4. A carbazole-naphthalene system having a flexible alkyl spacer doped in poly(methyl methacrylate) matrixes.
Hisada, K., Tsuchida, A., Ito, S., Yamamoto, M., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(15): 2640-5 (1998).

Complex nature of the UV and visible fluorescence of colloidal ZnO nanoparticles.
Monticone, S., Tufeu, R., Kanaev, A.V., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(16): 2854-62 (1998).

Complexation of pyrene by poly(allylamine) with pendant [beta]-cyclodextrin side groups.
Hollas, M., Chung, M.A., Adams, J., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(16): 2947-53 (1998).

Stimulated photon-echo and transient-grating studies of protein-matrix solvation dynamics and interexciton-state radiationless decay in [alpha] phycocyanin and allophycocyanin.
Homoelle, B.J., Edington, M.D., Diffey, W.M., Beck, W.F., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(16): 3044-52 (1998).

Photochemistry

Erratum: [alpha]-Silyl ethers as hydroxymethyl methyl anion equivalents in photoinduced radical electron transfer additions. [Vol. 37, pg. 660 (1998)].
Gutenberger, G., Steckhan, E., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 37(7): 863 (1998).

Hemicarceplexes that release guests upon irradiation.
Piatnitski, E.L., Deshayes, K.D., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 37(7): 970-2 (1998).

Photodimerizations of 1,5- and 1,7-azulenequinones: Solvent, substituent, and concentration effects on the product distribution.
Kawakami, H., Yan, Y.Z., Kato, N., Mori, A., Takeshita, H., Nozoe, T., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 71(3): 711-6 (1998).

Parahydrogen enhanced NMR studies on thermally and photochemically generated products from [IrH3(CO)(PPh3)2].
Hasnip, S., Duckett, S.B., Taylor, D.R., Taylor, M.J., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (8): 923-4 (1998).

Heat of reaction and reaction volume for the formation of ethers from diazo compounds in methanol.
Yamaguchi, S., Hirota, N., Terazima, M., Chem. Phys. Lett. 286(3-4): 284-90 (1998).

Hg lamp two-photon ionization of N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine in CCl4- and CH2Cl2-doped solid argon.
Meyer, H., Richter, A., Godicke, B., Kutschera, C., Schweig, A., Chem. Phys. Lett. 287(1-2): 57-60 (1998).

Azobenzene-functionalized cascade molecules: Photoswitchable supramolecular systems.
Archut, A., Vogtle, F., De Cola, L., Azzellini, G.C., Balzani, V., Ramanujam, P.S., Berg, R.H., Chem.--Eur. J. 4(4): 699-706 (1998).

Wavelength and temperature dependence of the absolute O(1D) production yield from the 305-329 nm photodissociation of ozone.
Takahashi, K., Taniguchi, N., Matsumi, Y., Kawasaki, M., Ashfold, M.N.R., J. Chem. Phys. 108(17): 7161-72 (1998).

Nitrobenzyl-based photosensitive phosphoramide mustards: Synthesis and photochemical properties of potential prodrugs for cancer therapy.
Reinhard, R., Schmidt, B.F., J. Org. Chem. 63(8): 2434-41 (1998).

Photolysis of matrix-isolated acryloyl chloride: 1,3 chlorine migration and further evolutions.
Pietri, N., Monnier, M., Aycard, J.P., J. Org. Chem. 63(8): 2462-8 (1998).

Photochemical features of intermolecular C-H bond activation.
Lees, A.J., J. Organomet. Chem. 554(1): 1-11 (1998).

Formation of [alpha],[omega]-dienes upon photooxidation of alkenyl carbyne complexes.
Torraca, K.E., Storhoff, D.A., McElwee-White, L., J. Organomet. Chem. 554(1): 13-8 (1998).

Photochemical reaction of Re2(CO)10 with tetramethylthiourea; structural characterization of two novel pentarhenium carbonyl complexes containing sulfide and tetramethyldiaminocarbene ligands, [Re5(CO)17([mu]-R)([mu]4-S)2{C(NMe2)2}2] (R = SH or OH).
Azam, K.A., Hossain, M.A., Hursthouse, M.B., Kabir, S.E., Malik, K.M.A., Vahrenkamp, H., J. Organomet. Chem. 555(2): 285-92 (1998).

Intramolecular electron transfer from manganese(II) coordinatively linked to a photogenerated Ru(III)-polypyridine complex: A kinetic analysis.
Berglund-Baudin, H., Sun, L.C., Davidov, R., Sundahl, M., Styring, S., Akermark, B., Almgren, M., Hammarstrom, L., J. Phys. Chem. A 102(15): 2512-8 (1998).

Ionization and dissociation of benzaldehyde using short intense laser pulses.
Smith, D.J., Ledingham, K.W.D., Kilic, H.S., McCanny, T., Peng, W.X., Singhal, R.P., Langley, A.J., Taday, P.F., Kosmidis, C., J. Phys. Chem. A 102(15): 2519-26 (1998).

FTIR product study of the reactions CH3O2 + CH3O2 and CH3O2 + O3.
Tyndall, G.S., Wallington, T.J., Ball, J.C., J. Phys. Chem. A 102(15): 2547-54 (1998).

Photochemistry of quinone-bridged amino acids. Intramolecular trapping of an excited charge-transfer state.
Jones, G., Qian, X.H., J. Phys. Chem. A 102(15): 2555-60 (1998).

On the uncertainties in the rate coefficients for OH reactions with hydrocarbons, and the rate coefficients of the 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene and m-xylene reactions with OH radicals in the gas phase.
Kramp, F., Paulson, S.E., J. Phys. Chem. A 102(16): 2685-90 (1998).

Laser-induced decomposition of TNAZ.
Garland, N.L., Nelson, H.H., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(15): 2663-7 (1998).

Phase behavior and memory effect of an induced smectic LC blend containing a photochromic dye.
Yu, J.W., Lee, S.N., Mater. Lett. 34(3-6): 202-7 (1998).

Neutral dissociation of hydrogen following photoexcitation of HCl at the chlorine K edge.
Hansen, D.L., Arrasate, M.E., Cotter, J., Fisher, G.R., Leung, K.T., Levin, J.C., Martin, R., Neill, P., Perera, R.C.C., Sellin, I.A., Simon, M., Uehara, Y., Vanderford, B., Whitfield, S.B., Lindle, D.W., Phys. Rev. A: At., Mol., Opt. Phys. 57(4): 2608-11 (1998).

Time-resolved photofragmentation of stored silver clusters Agn+ (N = 8-21).
Hild, U., Dietrich, G., Kruckeberg, S., Lindinger, M., Lutzenkirchen, K., Schweikhard, L., Walther, C., Ziegler, J., Phys. Rev. A: At., Mol., Opt. Phys. 57(4): 2786-93 (1998).

Polycyclic compounds beyond the propellanes and fenestranes: [mnopqr]centropenta- and [mnopqr]centrohexacyclanes.
Kuck, D., Krause, R.A., Gestmann, D., Posteher, F., Schuster, A., Tetrahedron 54(20): 5247-58 (1998).

Preparation and properties of unsymmetrical benzoins and related compounds.
Corrie, J.E.T., Tetrahedron 54(20): 5407-16 (1998).

Photochromy and high-temperature thermal isomerization of metal chelate complexes with coordination MN2O2 nodule.
Minkin, V.I., Volbushko, N.V., Korobov, M.S., Nivorozhkin, L.E., Litvinov, V.V., Bren, V.A., Tatarov, D.M., Danilychev, P.V., Zh. Obshch. Khim. 68(1): 59-68 (1998).

Application of laser photoemission and classic electrochemistry methods in the study of 1,2-substituted haloethane radicals. Effect of the mechanism of [beta]-hydroxyethyl radical reduction on the electrosynthesis of 1,4-butanediol.
Krivenko, A.G., Tomilov, A.P., Smirnov, Y.D., Kotkin, A.S., Kurmaz, V.A., Zh. Obshch. Khim. 68(2): 292-9 (1998).

Synthesis and photochromic properties of acridine spiropyranes.
Zakhs, E.R., Leshenyuk, N.G., Martynova, V.P., Ponyaev, A.I., Zh. Obshch. Khim. 68(2): 311-23 (1998).

Mechanism of cyano group photosubstitution in aromatic series.
Frolov, A.N., Zh. Org. Khim. 34(2): 167-89 (1998).

Photocatalytic transforms of 3,3,3',3'-tetramethyl-4',5-diphenyl-4,5'-bi-3H-pyrazolyl. Synthesis and photolysis of first (1-cyclopropenyl)pyrazole.
Kuznetsov, M.A., Kuchuk, I.D., Tunik, S.P., Zh. Org. Khim. 34(2): 272-6 (1998).

Radiation Chemistry

Boron-doped carbon fullerenes and nanotubules formed through electron irradiation-induced solid-state phase transformation.
Golberg, D., Bando, Y., Kurashima, K., Sasaki, T., Appl. Phys. Lett. 72(17): 2108-10 (1998).

Fundamental processes of radiation damage of benzene solid studied by auger electron photoion coincidence spectroscopy.
Shimoyama, I., Mochida, T., Otsuki, Y., Horiuchi, H., Saijyo, S., Nakagawa, K., Nagasono, M., Tanaka, S., Mase, K., J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 88: 793-9 (1998).

Reactivity of a 14-membered diacetal dilactam ring under fast-ion bombardment and high-energy collisional activation.
Laprevote, O., Serani, L., Das, B.C., Dugat, D., Royer, J., Husson, H.P., Tetrahedron Lett. 39(20): 3125-8 (1998).

Experimental Studies on Related Topics

A formal total synthesis of (+/-)-enterolactone.
Srikrishna, A., Danieldoss, S., Venkateswarlu, S., Sattigeri, J.A., J. Indian Chem. Soc. 74(11-12): 864-9 (1997).

Cp2TiPh-coordinated cyano and ester groups as efficient ketyl radical acceptors in the reductive radical cyclization of [gamma]- and [delta]-cyano ketones and [delta]-keto esters.
Yamamoto, Y., Matsumi, D., Itoh, K., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (8): 875-6 (1998).

Synthesis and magnetic behavior of rare-earth complexes with N,O-chelating nitronyl nitroxide triazole ligands: Example of a [Gd-III{organic radical}2] compound with an S=9/2 ground state.
Sutter, J.P., Kahn, M.L., Golhen, S., Ouahab, L., Kahn, O., Chem.--Eur. J. 4(4): 571-6 (1998).

A peculiar excited electronic state of allene (1,2-propadiene).
Bawagan, A.D.O., Ghanty, T.K., Davidson, E.R., Tan, K.H., Chem. Phys. Lett. 287(1-2): 61-9 (1998).

Surface-induced dissociation of diphenyl ether.
de Maaijer-Gielbert, J., Somogyi, A., Wysocki, V.H., Kistemaker, P.G., Weeding, T.L., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes 174(1-3): 81-94 (1998).

The role of electron delocalization in the ionization of C6 hydrocarbons using intense 780 nm laser pulses of femtosecond duration.
DeWitt, M.J., Levis, R.J., J. Chem. Phys. 108(17): 7045-8 (1998).

Electron and proton transferring properties of vitamin K1 across a self-assembled phospholipid monolayer.
Herrero, R., Buoninsegni, F.T., Becucci, L., Moncelli, M.R., J. Electroanal. Chem. 445(1-2): 71-80 (1998).

Preparation of [alpha]-fluorophosphonates.
Zhang, X., Qiu, W.M., Burton, D.J., J. Fluorine Chem. 89(1): 39-49 (1998).

[alpha]-Carbonyl radical cyclization approach toward angular triquinanes: Total synthesis of enantiomerically pure (-)-5-oxosilphiperfol-6-ene.
Sha, C.K., Santhosh, K.C., Lih, S.H., J. Org. Chem. 63(8): 2699-704 (1998).

Coupling reaction of alkenes with [alpha]-bromo carboxylic acid derivatives using nickel boride and borohydride exchange resin in methanol.
Joung, M.J., Ahn, J.H., Lee, D.W., Yoon, N.M., J. Org. Chem. 63(8): 2755-7 (1998).

Stannane-mediated radical addition to arenes. Generation of cyclohexadienyl radicals and increased propagation efficiency in the presence of catalytic benzeneselenol.
Crich, D., Hwang, J.T., J. Org. Chem. 63(8): 2765-70 (1998).

1,2-Asymmetric induction in the radical addition of organotin hydrides to (-)-menthyl(E)-2,3-disubstituted propenoates.
Mandolesi, S.D., Koll, L.C., Chopa, A.B., Podesta, J.C., J. Organomet. Chem. 555(2): 151-9 (1998).

Photochemical phase-transition behavior of polymer liquid crystals induced by photochemical reaction of azobenzenes with strong donor-acceptor pairs.
Tsutsumi, O., Demachi, Y., Kanazawa, A., Shiono, T., Ikeda, T., Nagase, Y., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(16): 2869-74 (1998).

Toward a practical synthesis of morphine. The first several generations of a radical cyclization approach.
Butora, G., Hudlicky, T., Fearnley, S.P., Stabile, M.R., Gum, A.G., Gonzalez, D., Synthesis : 665-81 (1998).

Electrosynthesis of new functionalized difluoro allylsilanes.
Rajaonah, M., Rock, M.H., Begue, J.-P., Bonnet-Delpon, D., Condon, S., Nedelec, J.-Y., Tetrahedron Lett. 39(20): 3137-40 (1998).

Enantioselective synthesis of a benzofuranic neolignan by oxidative coupling.
Bolzacchini, E., Brunow, G., Meinardi, S., Orlandi, M., Rindone, B., Rummakko, P., Setala, H., Tetrahedron Lett. 39(20): 3291-4 (1998).

Charge transfer complexes in radical cyclization of allyl ethers of bromo-substituted carboxylic acids under the metal complex initiation.
Balabanova, L.V., Vasileva, T.T., Terentev, A.B., Zh. Obshch. Khim. 68(1): 94-5 (1998).

Multiphase Systems

Intercomponent and interfacial electron transfer processes in polynuclear metal complexes anchored on transparent TiO2 films.
Bignozzi, C.A., Argazzi, R., Indelli, M.T., Scandola, F., Schoonover, J.R., Meyer, G.J., Proc. - Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 109(6): 397-409 (1997).

Interfacial electron transfer in dye sensitised nanocrystalline TiO2 films.
Durrant, J.R., Tachibana, Y., Moser, J.E., Graetzel, M., Klug, D.R., Proc. - Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 109(6): 411-4 (1997).

Capped semiconductor colloids: Synthesis and photochemistry of CdS capped SnO2 nanocrystallites.
Kennedy, R., Martini, I., Hartland, G., Kamat, P.V., Proc. - Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 109(6): 497-507 (1997).

Synthesis and characterization of poly(butyl acrylate-co-styrene)-silver nanocomposites by [gamma] radiation in W/O microemulsions.
Yin, Y.D., Xu, X.L., Xia, C.J., Ge, X.W., Zhang, Z.C., Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) (8): 941-2 (1998).

A hybrid electrochemical/chemical synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles and optically intrinsic thin films.
Nyffenegger, R.M., Craft, B., Shaaban, M., Gorer, S., Erley, G., Penner, R.M., Chem. Mater. 10(4): 1120-9 (1998).

Soft landing of polyatomic ions for selective modification of fluorinated self-assembled monolayer surfaces.
Luo, H., Miller, S.A., Cooks, R.G., Pachuta, S.J., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes 174(1-3): 193-217 (1998).

Soft-landed ions: a route to ionic solution studies.
Tsekouras, A.A., Iedema, M.J., Ellison, G.B., Cowin, J.P., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes 174(1-3): 219-30 (1998).

Enhancement effect of photoluminescence in assemblies of nano-ZnO particles silica aerogels.
Mo, C.M., Li, Y.H., Liu, Y.S., Zhang, Y., Zhang, L.D., J. Appl. Phys. 83(8): 4389-91 (1998).

Enhancing effect of amino acid residue models on the charge transfer in a Nafion(R) film incorporating Ru(bpy)32+ complex.
Zhang, J., Yagi, M., Kaneko, M., J. Electroanal. Chem. 445(1-2): 109-16 (1998).

The dispersion effect of TiO2 loaded over ZSM-5 zeolite.
Zhang, S.C., Fujii, N., Nosaka, Y., J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 129(2-3): 219-24 (1998).

TiO2-assisted photodegradation of dyes: A study of two competitive primary processes in the degradation of RB in an aqueous TiO2 colloidal solution.
Qu, P., Zhao, J.C., Shen, T., Hidaka, H., J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 129(2-3): 257-68 (1998).

Photochemistry of thin amorphous films of Fe(CO)4PPh3 on Si(111) surfaces.
Blair, S.L., Hill, R.H., J. Organomet. Chem. 554(1): 63-73 (1998).

Autooxidation of acetaldehyde initiated by TiO2 photocatalysis under weak UV illumination.
Ohko, Y., Tryk, D.A., Hashimoto, K., Fujishima, A., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(15): 2699-704 (1998).

Photoemission and inverse photoemission studies on a thin film of N,N'-dimethylperylene-3,4,9,10-bis(dicarboximide).
Sato, N., Yoshida, H., Tsutsumi, K., J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 88: 861-5 (1998).

Photocatalytic oxygenation of cyclohexane on titanium dioxide suspensions: Effect of the solvent and of oxygen.
Boarini, P., Carassiti, V., Maldotti, A., Amadelli, R., Langmuir 14(8): 2080-5 (1998).

Changes in the electronic properties of Si nanocrystals as a function of particle size.
van Buuren, T., Dinh, L.N., Chase, L.L., Siekhaus, W.J., Terminello, L.J., Phys. Rev. Lett. 80(17): 3803-6 (1998).

Polymers

Seeded emulsion polymerization of vinyl chloride - A new approach to mechanism and kinetics.
Butucea, V., Sarbu, A., Georgescu, C., Angew. Makromol. Chem. 255: 37-44 (1998).

Polymerization in a reverse micelle nonreactor: Preparation of processable poly(p-phenylenevinylene) with controlled conjugation length.
Lal, M., Kumar, N.D., Joshi, M.P., Prasad, P.N., Chem. Mater. 10(4): 1065-8 (1998).

Photoemission study of pristine and photodegraded poly(methyl methacrylate).
Okudaira, K.K., Hasegawa, S., Sprunger, P.T., Morikawa, E., Saile, V., Seki, K., Harada, Y., Ueno, N., J. Appl. Phys. 83(8): 4292-8 (1998).

Mechanistic distinctions between cation radical and carbocation propagated polymerization.
Aplin, J.T., Bauld, N.L., J. Org. Chem. 63(8): 2586-90 (1998).

Revised structures of N-substituted dibrominated pyrrole derivatives and their polymeric products. Termaleimide models with low optical band gaps.
Choi, D.S., Huang, S.L., Huang, M.S., Barnard, T.S., Adams, R.D., Seminario, J.M., Tour, J.M., J. Org. Chem. 63(8): 2646-55 (1998).

Photochemically reactive polymers; the synthesis and photochemistry of amide polymers and model compounds containing metal-metal bonds and internal radical traps.
Nieckarz, G.F., Litty, J.J., Tyler, D.R., J. Organomet. Chem. 554(1): 19-28 (1998).

Radiation damage of poly(methylmethacrylate) thin films analyzed by UPS.
Okudaira, K.K., Morikawa, E., Hasegawa, S., Sprunger, P.T., Saile, V., Seki, K., Harada, Y., Ueno, N., J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 88: 913-7 (1998).

Amphiphilic cationic block copolymers via controlled free radical polymerization.
Wendler, U., Bohrisch, J., Jaeger, W., Rother, G., Dautzenberg, H., Macromol. Rapid Commun. 19(4): 185-90 (1998).

Anomalous photoluminescence from C60 polymethyl methacrylate films.
Ma, G.B., Yang, Y.H., Chen, G.H., Mater. Lett. 34(3-6): 377-82 (1998).

Study on radical chemistry of monoperoxycarbonates by [alpha]-methylstyrene dimer trapping technique.
Watanabe, Y., Ishigaki, H., Okada, H., Suyama, S., Polym. J. (Tokyo) 30(3): 192-6 (1998).

The photochemical interaction of polyphenylferrisiloxane with oligoorganosilanes.
Klapshina, L.G., Semenov, V.V., Kornev, A.N., Rusakov, V.S., Shchegolikhina, O.I., Zhdanov, A.A., Domrachev, G.A., Russ. Chem. Bull. (Transl. of Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.) 47(3): 478-81 (1998).

New photosensitive chiral liquid crystal copolymers.
Bobrovskii, A.Y., Boiko, N.I., Shibaev, V.P., Vysokomol. Soedin., Ser. A Ser. B 40(3): 410-8 (1998).

Biological and Medical Aspects

Synthesis, crystal structure, and enzymatic evaluation of a DNA-photolesion isostere.
Butenandt, J., Eker, A.P.M., Carell, T., Chem.--Eur. J. 4(4): 642-54 (1998).

Radiolysis: an efficient method of studying radical antioxidant mechanisms.
Gardes-Albert, M., Jore, D., J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol. 95(4): 763-6 (1998).

Surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering spectroscopy of plant photosystem II reaction centers excited on the red-edge of the Qy band.
Picorel, R., Chumanov, G., Torrado, E., Cotton, T.M., Seibert, M., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(15): 2609-13 (1998).

Excited-state vibrational coherence and anisotropy decay in the bacteriochlorophyll a dimer protein B820.
Diffey, W.M., Homoelle, B.J., Edington, M.D., Beck, W.F., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(15): 2776-86 (1998).

Vibrational assignment of torsional normal modes of rhodopsin: Probing excited-state isomerization dynamics along the reactive C-11=C-12 torsion coordinate.
Lin, S.W., Groesbeek, M., van der Hoef, I., Verdegem, P., Lugtenburg, J., Mathies, R.A., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(15): 2787-806 (1998).

N-alkylcyanopyridinium-mediated photoinduced charge separation across dihexadecyl phosphate vesicle membranes.
Lymar, S.V., Khairutdinov, R.F., Soldatenkova, V.A., Hurst, J.K., J. Phys. Chem. B 102(15): 2811-9 (1998).

Effect of calcium and magnesium ions on radiation-induced inactivation of plant peroxidases.
Orlova, M.A., Chubar, T.A., Fechina, V.A., Gazaryan, I.G., Russ. Chem. Bull. (Transl. of Izv. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Khim.) 47(3): 505-9 (1998).

Double-stranded cross-linked nucleic acids. Synthesis and applications in the molecular biology.
Antsypovich, S.I., Oretskaya, T.S., Usp. Khim. 67(3): 274-93 (1998).

Solar Energy

Towards artificial photosynthesis - Light-induced intramolecular electron transfer from manganese (II) to ruthenium (III) in a binuclear complex.
Styring, S., Sun, L.C., Hammarstrom, L., Davydov, R., Almgren, M., Andersson, M., Berglund, H., Borje, A., Korall, P., Norrby, T., Philouze, C., Akermark, B., Proc. - Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 109(6): 389-96 (1997).

Artificial antenna systems.
Calzaferri, G., Proc. - Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 109(6): 429-46 (1997).

Photovoltaic performance of injection solar cells and other applications of nanocrystalline oxide layers.
Kalyanasundaram, K., Graetzel, M., Proc. - Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 109(6): 447-69 (1997).

Engineering the interface energetics of solar cells by grafting molecular properties onto semiconductors.
Gal, D., Sone, E., Cohen, R., Hodes, G., Libman, J., Shanzer, A., Schock, H.W., Cahen, D., Proc. - Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 109(6): 487-96 (1997).

Photocatalytic decomposition of water over cesium-loaded potassium niobate photocatalysts.
Chung, K.H., Park, D.C., J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 129(1): 53-9 (1998).

Preparation and photocatalytic activities of a semiconductor composite of CdS embedded in a TiO2 gel as a stable oxide semiconducting matrix.
Fujii, H., Ohtaki, M., Eguchi, K., Arai, H., J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 129(1): 61-8 (1998).

Photovoltaic performance of p-AgInSe2/n-CdS thin film heterojunctions.
Ramesh, P.P., Hussain, O.M., Uthanna, S., Naidu, B.S., Reddy, P.J., Mater. Lett. 34(3-6): 217-21 (1998).

Industrial and Environmental Applications

Recent advances in heterogeneous TiO2 photocatalysis.
Fujishima, A., Rao, T.N., Proc. - Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 109(6): 471-86 (1997).

Photochemical behaviour of halophenols in aqueous solution.
Boule, P., Richard, C., David-Oudjehani, K., Grabner, G., Proc. - Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 109(6): 509-19 (1997).

Kinetic study of the photocatalytic recovery of Pt from aqueous solution by TiO2, in a closed-loop reactor.
Angelidis, T.N., Koutlemani, M., Poulios, I., Appl. Catal., B 16(4): 347-57 (1998).

TiO2-based solar photocatalytic detoxification of water containing organic pollutants. Case studies of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyaceticacid (2,4-D) and of benzofuran.
Herrmann, J.M., Disdier, J., Pichat, P., Malato, S., Blanco, J., Appl. Catal., B 17(1-2): 15-23 (1998).

Immobilisation of TiO2 powder for the treatment of polluted water.
Byrne, J.A., Eggins, B.R., Brown, N.M.D., McKinney, B., Rouse, M., Appl. Catal., B 17(1-2): 25-36 (1998).

Gas-phase photo-assisted mineralization of volatile organic compounds by monolithic titania catalysts.
Avila, P., Bahamonde, A., Blanco, J., Sanchez, B., Cardona, A.I., Romero, M., Appl. Catal., B 17(1-2): 75-88 (1998).

Accelerated photo-oxidation of concentrated p-coumaric acid in homogeneous solution. Mechanistic studies, intermediates and precursors formed in the dark.
Herrara, F., Pulgarin, C., Nadtochenko, V., Kiwi, J., Appl. Catal., B 17(1-2): 141-56 (1998).

Transformation of hexachloroethane in a sulfidic natural water.
Miller, P.L., Vasudevan, D., Gschwend, P.M., Roberts, A.L., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(9): 1269-75 (1998).

Effects of solution composition and pH on the reductive dechlorination of hexachloroethane by iron sulfide.
Butler, E.C., Hayes, K.F., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(9): 1276-84 (1998).

Ultrasound and environment: Sonochemical destruction of chloroaromatic derivatives.
Petrier, C., Jiang, Y., Lamy, M.F., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(9): 1316-8 (1998).

Catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide on iron oxide: Kinetics, mechanism, and implications.
Lin, S.S., Gurol, M.D., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(10): 1417-23 (1998).

Electroreduction of hexachlorobenzene in micellar aqueous solutions of Triton-SP 175.
Merica, S.G., Banceu, C.E., Jedral, W., Lipkowski, J., Bunce, N.J., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(10): 1509-14 (1998).

Mechanism of the degradation of 1,4-dioxane in dilute aqueous solution using the UV hydrogen peroxide process.
Stefan, M.I., Bolton, J.R., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(11): 1588-95 (1998).

Dynamic behavior of fluorescent whitening agents in Greifensee: Field measurements combined with mathematical modeling of sedimentation and photolysis.
Stoll, J.M.A., Ulrich, M.M., Giger, W., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(13): 1875-81 (1998).

Measurement of VOC reactivities using a photochemical flow reactor.
Hurley, M.D., Chang, T.Y., Japar, S.M., Wallington, T.J., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(13): 1913-9 (1998).

Phototransformations of polychlorobiphenyls in Brij 58 micellar solutions.
Chu, W., Jafvert, C.T., Diehl, C.A., Marley, K., Larson, R.A., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(13): 1989-93 (1998).

Variation in photoreactivity of iron hydroxides taken from an acidic mountain stream.
Hrncir, D.C., Mcknight, D., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(14): 2137-41 (1998).

Influence of [gamma] ionizing radiation on antioxidative effect of vegetables polyphenolic parts.
Stuyck, S., Connaulte, J., Lesgards, G., Prost, M., Raffi, J., J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol. 95(4): 871-4 (1998).

High efficiency photoresist-free lithography of UO3 patterns from amorphous films of uranyl complexes.
Gao, M., Hill, R.H., J. Mater. Res. 13(5): 1379-89 (1998).

A new approach to photorecording based on hindering a phase transition in photochromic chiral liquid crystalline polymers.
Kozlovsky, M.V., Shibaev, V.P., Stakhanov, A.I., Weyrauch, T., Haase, W., Liq. Cryst. 24(5): 759-67 (1998).

Catalytic photodefluorination of perfluoroalkanes to perfluoroalkenes with a ferrocene photosensitizer.
Burdeniuc, J., Crabtree, R.H., Organometallics 17(8): 1582-6 (1998).

Theoretical Studies

Magnetic properties of Cu(II) bischelate complexes with 3-imidazoline nitroxides. 1. An ab initio analysis of spin density delocalization channels.
Musin, R.N., Ovcharenko, I.V., Ohrstrom, L., Rey, P., J. Struct. Chem. 38(5): 703-10 (1997).

Condensing complex atmospheric chemistry mechanisms. 1. The direct constrained approximate lumping (DCAL) method applied to alkane photochemistry.
Wang, S.W., Georgopoulos, P.G., Li, G., Rabitz, H., Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(13): 2018-24 (1998).

Numerical analysis of a thin microcrystalline p layer in p-i-n a-Si:H solar cells.
Topic, M., Smole, F., Furlan, J., J. Appl. Phys. 83(8): 4518-21 (1998).

Radiolytic attack of DNA is modulated by DNA conformation. Monte Carlo simulation.
Begusova, M., Tartier, L., Savoye, C., Sy, D., Spotheim-Maurizot, M., Charlier, M., Michalik, V., J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol. 95(4): 674-81 (1998).

A Monte Carlo study of water radiolysis: projectile velocity effect.
Gervais, B., Olivera, G.H., J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol. 95(4): 772-7 (1998).

Excited states and emission spectroscopy of organometallic compounds interpreted by time-dependent theory.
Acosta, A., Zink, J.I., J. Organomet. Chem. 554(1): 87-103 (1998).

Electron nuclear dynamics of charge-transfer collisions of protons with atomic oxygen.
Hedstrom, M., Deumens, E., Ohrn, Y., Phys. Rev. A: At., Mol., Opt. Phys. 57(4): 2625-8 (1998).

Selective photochemistry via adiabatic passage: An extension of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage for degenerate final states.
Kobrak, M.N., Rice, S.A., Phys. Rev. A: At., Mol., Opt. Phys. 57(4): 2885-94 (1998).

Valence isomerization of ionized oxirane.
Hudson, C.E., Alexander, A.J., McAdoo, D.J., Tetrahedron 54(20): 5065-74 (1998).

An ab initio study of 7-norbornenyl and 7-norbornadienyl anions: the absence of bis-homoantiaromaticity.
Sauers, R.R., Tetrahedron 54(20): 5143-50 (1998).

Cyclic vs. acyclic allylic hydrogen abstraction: An entropy motivated process?
Rothenberg, G., Sasson, Y., Tetrahedron 54(20): 5417-22 (1998).

Reviews

Electron transfer dynamics.
Jortner, J., Bixon, M., Ratner, M.A., Proc. - Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 109(6): 365-77 (1997).

Electronic stopping power for energetic ions in solids.
Wang, Y.N., Ma, T.C., Effect of Disorder and Defects in Ion Implanted Semiconductors: Electrical and Physicochemical Characterization, G. Ghibaudo and C. Christofides (eds.), Academic Press Inc., San Diego, CA, 1997, p.31-54

Ligand design for electrochemically controlling stoichiometric and catalytic reactivity of transition metals.
Allgeier, A.M., Mirkin, C.A., Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 37(7): 894-908 (1998).

Antiradical.
Tilquin, B., J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol. 95(4): 878-80 (1998).

Time resolved infrared spectroscopy as a technique to study reactive organometallic intermediates.
McFarlane, K., Lee, B., Bridgewater, J., Ford, P.C., J. Organomet. Chem. 554(1): 49-61 (1998).

Complex formation in electron-ion recombination of molecular ions.
Johnsen, R., Mitchell, J.B.A., Advances in Gas Phase Ion Chemistry, N. G. Adams and L. M. Babcock (eds.), Jai Press Inc., Greenwich, CT, 1998, p.49-80

Dynamics of gas-phase SN2 nucleophilic substitution reactions.
Hase, W.L., Wang, H.B., Peslherbe, G.H., Advances in Gas Phase Ion Chemistry, N. G. Adams and L. M. Babcock (eds.), Jai Press Inc., Greenwich, CT, 1998, p.125-56

Barriers to internal rotation in substituted toluenes and their cations: Effects of electronic excitation and ionization.
Richard, E.C., Lu, K.T., Walker, R.A., Weisshaar, J.C., Advances in Gas Phase Ion Chemistry, N. G. Adams and L. M. Babcock (eds.), Jai Press Inc., Greenwich, CT, 1998, p.157-83

The influence of solvation on ion-molecule reactions.
Castleman, A.W., Advances in Gas Phase Ion Chemistry, N. G. Adams and L. M. Babcock (eds.), Jai Press Inc., Greenwich, CT, 1998, p.185-253

Basic principles of luminescence and related properties.
Vij, D.R., Singh, N., Luminescence and Related Properties of II VI Semiconductors, D. R. Vij and N. Singh (eds.), Nova Science Publishers, Commack, NY, 1998, p.1-35

E-mail: ndrlrcdc.1@nd.edu
Author: K.P. Madden
Created: 7/2/97 Updated: 12/23/98