Chemical
transformation of one molecular entity caused by
photoexcitation of a
sensitizer,
which undergoes
temporarycovalent bond formation with the molecular entity (M).
Notes:
- This mechanism is the basis of the Type I photooxygenation.
- The reactive molecular entity could be ground-state molecular dioxygen,
O2, in
which case energy transfer may occur producing singlet molecular oxygen,
this being the basis of the Type II photooxygenation.
Source:
PAC, 2007, 79, 293
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry, 3rd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2006))
on page 418
Cite as:
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.
