Institute of Chemistry, Pedagogical University, Ch^ciriska 5, 25-020 Kielce, Poland Z. Naturforsch. 44b, 1589-1592 (1989); received March 29/July 21, 1989 Photochemical Reactions, Primary Aromatic Amines, Chloromethanes Major products of photochemical reactions of aniline in tetrachloromethane, chloroform and dichloromethane have been isolated and identified. The mechanisms of partial reactions...

Flavonoids and their photochemical transformations play an important role in biological processes in nature. Synthetic photochemistry allows access to molecules that cannot be obtained via more conventional methods. This review covers all published synthetic photochemical transformations of the different classes of flavonoids. It is first comprehensive review on the photochemistry of flavonoids.

Functional and ultrastructural studies have indicated that the components of the photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodobacter sphaeroides are highly organized. This organization favors rapid electron transfer that is unimpeded by reactant diffusion. The light-harvesting complexes only partially surround the photochemical reaction center, which ensures an efficient shuttling of quinones between the p...

The coupling of proton chemistry with redox reactions is important in many enzymes and is central to energy transduction in biology. However, the mechanistic details are poorly understood. Here, we have studied tyrosine oxidation, a reaction in which the removal of one electron from the amino acid is linked to the release of its phenolic proton. Using the unique photochemical properties of phot...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) poses a significant impediment for the delivery of therapeutic drugs into the brain. This is particularly problematic for the treatment of malignant gliomas which are characterized by diffuse infiltration of tumor cells into normal brain where they are protected by a patent BBB. Selective disruption of the BBB, followed by administration of anti-cancer agents, repr...

Photochemical reactions have been examined in relation with the physical properties of the solid polymeric matrix in which they are carried out. Three main reaction types are considered: (i) photocrosslinking reactions resulting from cyclodimerization of unsaturated groups and from the decomposition of photolabile groups into very reactive species, e.g. nitrenes from azides; (ii) photoisomeriza...

Photochemical smog IS a complex m1xture of chemiCals, some harmless. others h1ghly react1ve and poten11ally dangerous for plants, an1mats and humans. The main consmuents of photochemical smog are ozone (0.,) and nitrogen diox1de (N0 2). Although ozone is widely cons1dered the chTef indicator of photochemical smog, Ollrogen diox1de IS an important pollutant in 11s own right, alfecllng human and ...