Photochemistry

  1. Molecular Electronic Structure
    1. Electronic States of Molecules
      1. Ground State Configuration
        1. Aufbau Principle
          1. Pauli Exclusion Principle
            1. Hund's Rule
            2. Excited State Configuration
              1. Promotion of Electrons
                1. Electronic Configurations
                  1. Relative Energies
                2. Molecular Orbitals
                  1. Formation from Atomic Orbitals
                    1. Bonding and Antibonding Orbitals
                      1. Sigma Orbitals
                        1. Pi Orbitals
                          1. Non-bonding Orbitals
                            1. Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital
                              1. Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital
                                1. HOMO-LUMO Gap
                                2. Spin States and Multiplicity
                                  1. Electron Spin
                                    1. Spin Pairing
                                      1. Singlet States
                                        1. Triplet States
                                          1. Higher Multiplicity States
                                            1. Calculation of Multiplicity
                                              1. Energy Ordering of States
                                              2. Electronic Transitions
                                                1. Types of Electronic Transitions
                                                  1. π → π* Transitions
                                                    1. n → π* Transitions
                                                      1. σ → σ* Transitions
                                                        1. n → σ* Transitions
                                                          1. Charge Transfer Transitions
                                                          2. Transition Energies
                                                            1. Oscillator Strength
                                                              1. Transition Dipole Moment

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                                                            4. Light Absorption by Molecules