https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00007
- A transformationof the general type:where thecentral atomZ is commonly carbon. The reverse reaction is calledα-addition.
- General term applied to a reaction by which a group attached to the alpha carbon of an excited chromophoreis expelled either as an odd electron species or as an ionic species.Note:
This reaction should be distinguished from analpha-(α-)cleavage.