single-electron transfer mechanism (SET)

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05685
A reaction
mechanism
characterized by the transfer of a single electron between the species occurring on the
reaction coordinate
of one of the
elementary
steps.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1164 [Terms] [Paper]