Photochemistry -- Contents -- Introduction and Review of the Year -- Part I Physical Aspects of Photochemistry -- Photophysical Processes in Condensed Phases -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Aspects of Photophysical Processes -- 3 Theoretical and Kinetic Considerations -- 4 Photophysical Processes in Liquid or Solid Media -- 4.1 Detection of Single Molecules -- 4.2 Radiative and Non-radiative Decay Processes -- 4.3 Amplitude or Torsional Motion -- 4.4 Light-induced Proton-transfer Reactions -- 4.5 Quenching of Excited States -- 4.5.1 Energy-transfer Reactions -- 4.5.2 Electron-transfer Reactions -- 4.6 Photophysics of Fullerenes -- 5 Applications of Photophysics -- 6 Advances in Instrument Design and Utilisation -- 6.1 Data Analysis -- 6.2 Instrumentation -- 7 References -- Part II Organic Aspects of Photochemistry -- 1 Photolysis of Carbonyl Compounds -- 1 Norrish Type I Reactions -- 2 Norrish Type II Reactions -- 2.1 1,5-Hydrogen Transfer -- 2.2 Other Hydrogen Transfers -- 3 Oxetane Formation -- 4 Miscellaneous Reactions -- 4.1 Decarbonylation and Decarboxylation -- 4.2 Reactions of Miscellaneous Haloketones and Acid Chlorides -- 4.3 Other Processes -- 5 References -- 2 Enone Cycloadditions and Rearrangements: Photoreactions of Dienones and Quinones -- 1 Cycloaddition Reactions -- 1.1 Intermolecular Cycloaddition -- 1.1.1 Open-chain Systems -- 1.1.2 Additions to Cyclopentenones and Related Systems -- 1.1.3 Additions to Cyclohexenones and Related Systems -- 1.2 Intramolecular Additions -- 1.2.1 Intramolecular Additions to Cyclopentenones -- 1.2.2 Additions to Cyclohexenones and Related Systems -- 2 Rearrangement Reactions -- 2.1 α,β-Unsaturated Systems -- 2.1.1 Isomerisation -- 2.1.2 Hydrogen Abstraction Reactions -- 2.1.3 Rearrangement Reactions -- 2.2 β,γ-Unsaturated Systems -- 2.2.1 The Oxa Di-π-methane Reaction and Related Processes.

2.2.2 Other Rearrangements -- 3 Photoreactions of Thymines and Related Compounds -- 3.1 Photoreactions of Pyridones -- 3.2 Photoreactions of Thymines etc. -- 3.3 Miscellaneous Processes -- 4 Photochemistry of Dienones -- 4.1 Cross-conjugated Dienones -- 4.2 Linearly Conjugated Dienones -- 5 1,2-, 1,3- and 1,4-Diketones -- 5.1 Reactions of 1,2-Diketones and Other 1,2-Dicarbonyl Compounds -- 5.2 Reactions of 1,3-Diketones -- 5.3 Reactions of 1,4-Diketones -- 5.3.1 Phthalimides and Related Compounds -- 5.3.2 Fulgides and Fulgimides -- 6 Quinones -- 6.1 o-Quinones -- 6.2 p-Quinones -- 7 References -- 3 Photochemistry of Alkenes, Alkynes and Related Compounds -- 1 Reactions of Alkenes -- 1.1 cis,trans-Isomerisation -- 1.1.1 Stilbenes and Related Compounds -- 1.1.2 The Dithienylethene System and Related Compounds -- 1.2 Miscellaneous Reactions -- 1.2.1 Addition Reactions -- 1.2.2 Electron-transfer Processes -- 1.2.3 Other Processes -- 2 Reactions Involving Cyclopropane Rings -- 2.1 The Di-π-methane Rearrangement and Related Processes -- 2.1.1 The Aza-di-π-methane Rearrangement and Related Processes -- 2.2 Miscellaneous Reactions Involving Three-membered Ring Compounds -- 3 Reactions of Dienes and Trienes -- 3.1 Vitamin D Analogues -- 4 (2π+2π)-Intramolecular Additions -- 5 Dimerisation and Intermolecular Additions -- 5.1 Dimerisation -- 6 Miscellaneous Reactions -- 6.1 Reactions Involving Cations and Radicals -- 6.2 Miscellaneous Rearrangements and Bond Fission Processes -- 7 References -- 4 Photochemistry of Aromatic Compounds -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Isomerisation Reactions -- 3 Addition Reactions -- 4 Substitution Reactions -- 5 Cyclisation Reactions -- 6 Dimerisation Processes -- 7 Lateral Nuclear Shifts -- 8 Miscellaneous Photochemistry of Aromatic Systems -- 9 References -- 5 Photo-reduction and -oxidation -- 1 Introduction.

2 Reduction of the Carbonyl Group -- 3 Reduction of Nitrogen-containing Compounds -- 4 Miscellaneous Reductions -- 5 Singlet Oxygen -- 6 Oxidation of Aliphatic Compounds -- 7 Oxidation of Aromatic Compounds -- 8 Oxidation of Nitrogen-containing Compounds -- 9 Miscellaneous Oxidations -- 10 References -- 6 Photoreactions of Compounds Containing Heteroatoms Other than Oxygen -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nitrogen-containing Compounds -- 2.1 E,Z Isomerisations -- 2.2 Photocyclisations -- 2.3 Photoadditions -- 2.4 Other Processes -- 3 Sulfur-containing Compounds -- 4 Compounds Containing Other Heteroatoms -- 4.1 Silicon and Germanium -- 4.2 Phosphorus -- 4.3 Other Elements -- 5 References -- 7 Photoelimination -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Elimination of Nitrogen from Azo Compounds and Analogues -- 3 Elimination of Nitrogen from Diazo Compounds and Diazirines -- 3.1 Generation of Alkyl, Alicyclic and Heterocyclic Carbenes -- 3.2 Generation of Aryl and Heteroaryl Carbenes -- 3.3 Photolysis of Diazo Carbonyl Compounds and Sulfur Analogues -- 4 Elimination of Nitrogen from Azides -- 5 Photoelimination of Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide -- 5.1 Photoelimination of CO from Organometallic Compounds -- 6 Photoelimination of NO and NO2 -- 7 Miscellaneous Photoeliminations and Photofragmentations -- 7.1 Photoelimination from Hydrocarbons -- 7.2 Photoelimination from Organohalogen Compounds -- 7.3 Photofragmentations of Organosilicon and Organogermanium Compounds -- 7.4 Photofragmentations of Organosulfur, Organoselenium and Organotellurium Compounds -- 7.5 Photolysis of o-Nitrobenzyl Derivatives and Related Compounds -- 7.6 Other Photofragmentations -- 8 References -- Part III Polymer Photochemistry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Photopolymerization -- 2.1 Photoinitiated Addition Polymerization -- 2.2 Photocrosslinking -- 2.3 Photografting -- 3 Luminescence and Optical Properties.

4 Photodegradation and Photooxidation Processes in Polymers -- 4.1 Polyolefins -- 4.2 Polystyrenes -- 4.3 Poly(acrylates) and Poly(alkyl acrylates) -- 4.4 Polyesters -- 4.5 Polyamides and Polyimides -- 4.6 Poly(alkyl and aromatic ethers) -- 4.7 Silicone Polymers -- 4.8 Polyurethanes and Rubbers -- 4.9 Poly(vinyl halides) -- 4.10 Photoablation of Polymers -- 4.11 Natural Polymers -- 4.12 Miscellaneous Polymers -- 5 Photostabilization of Polymers -- 6 Photochemistry of Dyed and Pigmented Polymers -- 7 References -- Part IV Photochemical Aspects of Solar Energy Conversion -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Homogeneous Photosystems -- 3 Heterogeneous Photosystems -- 4 Photoelectrochemical Cells -- 5 Biological Systems -- References -- Author Index.