primary photochemical process

synonym: primary photoreaction
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Any elementary chemical process undergone by an electronically excited molecular entity and yielding a primary photoproduct.
See also: photophysical processes
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. (Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2266 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'primary photochemical process' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04836 RIS BibTex EndNote
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