Preferred Label : α-expulsion;
Detailed label : α-expulsion in photochemistry;
IUPAC definition : 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.;
Origin ID : E00008;
See also
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.