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What is Photoredox catalysis?

Definition 14.12 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 14 — Photochemistry

Photoredox catalysis uses a photosensitiser whose excited state is both a stronger oxidant and a stronger reductant than its ground state to transfer single electrons to or from substrates, generating radicals under visible light; the sensitiser is regenerated in a catalytic cycle.

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