ABSTRACT
Lasers are ideal light sources for studying organic photochemical reactions, so much so that they are widely used in spectroscopic studies. However, product analysis studies of organic laser-induced reactions have not been carried out as much as spectroscopic studies. For product analysis studies, it is necessary to conduct reactions with high efficiency, compared with spectroscopic studies, in order to determine the yields of photochemical products by GC and/or HPLC analyses. This can be accomplished by applying precise control of the irradiation of light using four major characteristics of lasers that differ from conventional light sources; that is, light intensity, monochromaticity, coherency, and intermittence (for pulse lasers).
