Photochemical process in which a reaction of a non-absorbing substrate is induced by
electron transfer (not energy transfer) with an excited light-absorbing
sensitizer. The overall process must be such that the
sensitizer is recycled. Depending on the action of the excited
sensitizer as
electron donor or acceptor the
sensitization is called reductive or oxidative.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223
(Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2239
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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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