TY - BOOK AU - Klessinger, Martin AU - Klessinger, Martin AU - Michl, Josef, TI - Excited States and Photochemistry of organic molecules SN - 9780471185765 U1 - 547.135 KLE PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - : VCH, KW - Chemistry KW - Organic chemistry KW - Physical organic chemistry KW - Excited state chemistry KW - Photochemistry KW - organic compounds KW - hydrocarbons KW - Spectrometrie N1 - 1. Spectroscopy in the Visible and UV Regions -- 2. Absorption Spectra of Organic Molecules -- 3. Optical Activity -- 4. Potential Energy Surfaces: Barriers, Minima, and Funnels -- 5. Photophysical Processes -- 6. Photochemical Reaction Models -- 7. Organic Photochemistry N2 - This graduate-level text provides a non-mathematical introduction to electronic excitation in organic molecules and their spectroscopy, photophysics and photochemistry. The practical application of theory is illustrated through numerous worked examples ER -