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