Preferred Label : solvent-induced symmetry breaking;
IUPAC definition : Breaking of symmetry of a molecular species by interactions with the solvent that
can modify the molecular charge distribution, to favour asymmetrical configurations.;
Scope note : an example is the stabilization by a polar solvent of a light-induced charge transfer
state in a symmetric donor–acceptor–donor system.;
Origin ID : ST07478;
See also
Breaking of symmetry of a molecular species by interactions with the solvent that
can modify the molecular charge distribution, to favour asymmetrical configurations.
