Pi sigma* excited states in molecular photochemistry

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : PCCP
Michael N R AshfoldAlan G Sage

Abstract

The last few years have seen a surge in interest (both theoretical and experimental) in the photochemistry of heteroaromatic molecules (e.g. azoles, phenols), which has served to highlight the importance of dissociative excited states formed by electron promotion to sigma* molecular orbitals. Such excited states--which, for brevity, are termed pi sigma* states in this Perspective article--may be populated by direct photo-excitation (though the transition cross-sections are intrinsically small), or indirectly, by non-adiabatic coupling from an optically 'bright' excited state (e.g. an excited state resulting from pi* <--pi excitation). The analogous pi sigma* excited states in prototypical hydride molecules like H(2)O and NH(3) have long been recognised. They have served as test-beds for developing concepts like Rydbergisation, conical intersections (CIs) between potential energy surfaces, and for investigating the ways in which non-adiabatic couplings at such CIs influence the eventual photofragmentation dynamics. This Perspective article seeks to highlight the continuity of behaviour revealed by the earlier small molecule studies and by the more recent studies of heteroaromatic systems, and to illustrate the photochemical impo...Continue Reading

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