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α-expulsion

in photochemistry
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.
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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. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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