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The complete transfer of one or more electrons to a
molecular entity
(also called '
electronation
'), and, more generally, the reverse of the processes described under
oxidation
(2) and (3).
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1160 [Terms] [Paper]