Microwave photochemistry and preparation of polyaromatic compounds
The project is coupling of two scientific branches: traditional photochemistry and neoteric microwave chemistry, when the effect of UV/Vis and microwave radiation on the chemical and physical properties of molecules is studied. UV radiation is generated quite extraordinary directly by microwave field using the electrodeless discharge lamps. The aim of the project is basic research into the influence of microwave radiation on the course of cis-trans photoisomerization and photocyclization of stilbene and o-terphenyl derivatives, leading to phenanthrene, triphenylene, phenacene, helicene analogues or their N- and S-hetero derivatives, which may find application in molecular electronics or DNA intercalation.
Required education and skills:
- master degree in organic chemistry,
- experimental skill and practical knowledge of organic synthesis,
- team work ability.
Lit.: Církva V.: Microwaves in Photochemistry and Photocatalysis. In book: Microwaves in Organic Synthesis, 3rd Edition, Chap. 14., pp 563-605, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2012.