Date of Award
6-1965
Document Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Chemistry
Language
English
Abstract
Aldehydes and ketones absorb weakly in the 290 mμ region of the ultraviolet spectrum, and also at 200 mμ (this wavelength region being analogous to that occurring in the spectra of olefinic compounds). This weak absorption band in the carbonyl absorption spectrum can be attributed to an n → π* transmission of a non-bonding electron on the oxygen atom to an anti-bonding π orbital in the multiple bond to give a singlet state. It is this absorption and consequent formation of an energized state which appears responsible for most of the photochemical transformation of saturated ketones in condensed (liquid) phases. After absorption, the energy may be disposed of by re-emission, by photochemical reactions such as dissociation, rearrangement and reaction with the medium, by intersystem crossing, or by internal conversion. Reactions will be run of all these reactants (benzophenone, cyclohexene and isopropanol) both with and without the presence of oxygen and of just cyclohexene and benzophenone both with and without the presence of oxygen.
Recommended Citation
Goldberg, Michael I., "Photochemical reactions of benzophenone and cyclohexene" (1965). Honors Theses. 1782.
https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses/1782
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