A general reaction by which a group attached to the alpha carbon of an excited
chromophore is expelled either as an odd electron species or as an anionic species. This reaction
should be distinguished from an
α- (alpha-) cleavage.
Source:
PAC, 1988, 60, 1055
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (Recommendations 1988))
on page 1059
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
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