Biography:
Mikhail F. Budyka, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Organic and Supramolecular Photochemistry at the Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia. Research interests: Molecular photonics, Supramolecular Photochemistry, Photodissociation of (hetero)aromatic azides; Photoisomerization, photocyclization and [2+2] photocycloaddition of heteroaromatic diarylethylenes; Photoinduced electron, proton, and energy transfer in supramolecular systems; Hybrid nanosystems based on quantum dots and photoactive organic ligands; Fluorescent photochromes; Photonic molecular switches and logic gates; Quantum chemical description of chemical reactions.
Title : Mechanisms of forward and reverse [2+2] photocycloaddition of ethylene derivatives: Concerted addition according to the Woodward-Hoffman rules and stepwise ring opening via predissociation
Title : Photoisomerization and photocyclization of styryl derivatives of 1,10-phenanthroline