Light induced reactions in cryogenic matrices (update)

R. FAUSTO, A. BORBA, A. GOMEZ ZAVAGLIA

Photochemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry

Año: 2016; p. 20 - 80

In this chapter, investigations on light induced reactions in cryogenic matrices reported during the period 2013-2014 are reviewed. Conformational isomerizations, tautomerizations, and other structural isomerizations taking place upon UV-visible or infrared irradiation of matrix-isolated organic compounds are considered, together with light initiated fragmentation processes occuring in cryomatrices. The reviewed studies illustrate recent applications of the matrix isolation technique in these domains. Photochemical processes in which noble gas atoms participate directly, leading to formation of covalently bound noble gas containing molecules, are also addressed in brief.