Photoprocesses in Transition Metal Complexes, Biosystems and Other Molecules. Experiment and Theory : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Aussois, France, September 1-13, 1991

The main emphasis in this book is on the photoprocesses of transition metal complexes and biosystems, but not to the exclusion of other photoprocesses. The book goes on to discuss the photochemistry of organometallics, special attention being paid to the photochemistry of metalbonded carbonyls.

Elementary Notions of Photophysics.- Theory of Electron Transfer Reactions and Comparison with Experiments.- Calculation of the Lifetime of Molecules in Electronically Excited States.- Relativistic Effects in Molecular Calculations.- Spectroscopic Techniques for Organometallic Intermediates.- Photochemistry Involving Cr(Co)S - Still Some Puzzles.- Photochemistry of Organo-Metal Carbonyls: Stereochemical and Catalytic Aspects.- Photochemistry of Organometalllcs: Quantum Chemical Approach.- Photochemistry of Metal-Metal Bonded Carbonyls and its Relationship to Electron Transfer Chain Catalysis.- Supramolecular Photochemistry: Antenna Effect in Polynuclear Metal Complexes.- Photophysics of Polynuclear Complexes. Intercomponent Energy and Electron Transfer Processes.- Rigid Alkane-Bridged Donor-Acceptor Systems as Tools for the Investigation of Solvent -, Distance -, and Conformation-Effects in Electron Transfer Processes.- Spectroscopy of Biliproteins and Energy Transfer in Photosynthetic Antenna Complexes.- Photosynthesis: Biological Conversion of Light into Chemical Energy.- Testing Primary Charge Separation in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers with External Electric Fields.- Examining Long-Distance Biological Electron Transfer with Synthetic Model Systems.- Tutorial Work: a Miscellany of AB Initio Quantum Chemistry. the Helium Atom Studied by Various Methods.- Posters.- List of Contributors.- List of Participants.