This new volume in the Postgraduate Chemistry Series provides a thorough overview of the principles and uses of synthetic organic photochemistry. Appropriate at postgraduate and research level it will also serve as a reference for more experienced workers. Content: Special topics — Case studies — Foreword — Preface — Introduction — A crash course in photophysics and a classification of primary photoreactions — Techniques and methods — Quantum mechanical models of electronic excitation and photochemical reactivity — Photochemical reaction mechanisms and reaction intermediates — Chemistry of excited molecules — Retrosynthetic photochemistry — Information sources, tables. Abstract: Photochemistry of Organic Compounds: From Concepts to Practice provides a hands-on guide demonstrating the underlying principles of photochemistry and, by reference to a range of organic reaction types, its effective use in the synthesis of new organic compounds and in various applications. Read more...