| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S25593/01 |
| Title: |
A Unique High Power Tunable UV Laser Facility for Synthetic Photochemistry |
| Principal Investigator: |
Booker-Milburn, Professor KI |
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| Department: |
Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Bristol |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
22 July 2003 |
Ends: |
21 January 2007 |
Value (£): |
255,957
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Chemical Synthetic Methodology |
Gas & Solution Phase Reactions |
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| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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This project aims to set up a novel facility for synthetic organic photochemistry by the purchase of two high power UV lasers. To our knowledge this would be the only such facility in the world. A Ti:sapphire laser will cover the following significant regions of the UV spectrum with precise (within 0.1nm) degrees of tuning: 210-230nm and 280-310nm. A second Nd:YAG laser will provide high output UV coverage at fixed wavelengths of 266 and 355nm. These lasers will deliver-powers of between 0.2 and 2W of monochromatic light which should in principle allow the processsing of between 0.1 to 10g of photosubstrate in a single run. A number of established and novel photochemical reactions within the applicants' research programmes will be investigated and will include: [2+2j and [5+2j photocycloaddition, radical cyclisation and photolactonisation.
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http://www.bris.ac.uk |