photodimerizev.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʌɪmərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˈdaɪməˌraɪz/ Chemistry.
transitive. To dimerize by the action of light. Also intransitive: to undergo photodimerization.
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photodimerize1955
1955 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 315 3-Bromothionaphthen 1:1-dioxide was photodimerised in order to ascertain whether angular..or linear dimerisation was favoured.
1969 Org. Photochem. 2 75 Acyclic α, β-unsaturated ketones photodimerize when substituted with an aromatic group in the beta position.
1970 J. B. Birks Photophysics of Aromatic Molecules vii. 321 There are a large group of other 9-substituted and 9, 10-disubstituted anthracenes which also photodimerize.
1991 Progress Polymer Sci. 16 157 The cinnamate function is utilized to photodimerize neighboring pendant groups, so as to produce a ‘sandwich-type’ crown ether moiety.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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