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sacrificial acceptor
Molecular entity that acts as the electron acceptor in a photoinduced electron transfer process and is not restored in a subsequent oxidation process but is destroyed by irreversible chemical conversion.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223 (Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2272
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/S05443.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/S05443.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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