Solvent Assisted Photoacidity

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Photoacids, Photoacidity and Förster Cycle Photoacids and Photobases Use of the Förster Cycle to Estimate the Photoacidity of Photoacids Direct Methods for Determining the Photoacidity of Photoacids Evidence for the General Validity of the Förster Cycle and the K*a Scale Evidence for the General Validity of the Förster Cycle Based on Time-resolved and Steady State Measurements of Excited-state Proton Transfer of Photoacids Evidence Based on Free Energy Correlations Factors Affecting Photoacidity General Considerations Comparing the Solvent Effect on the Photoacidities of Neutral and Cationic Photoacids The Effect of Substituents on the Photoacidity of Aromatic Alcohols Solvent Assisted Photoacidity: The 1La, 1Lb Paradigm Summary Acknowledgments References