Reagent characteristics, small molecule

Photoinduced electron transfer studies have been performed in a more limited number of cases, due to the fact that the simultaneous presence of two reaction partners with appropriate characteristics is necessary. The study of suitably functionalized dendrimers can furnish information on the accessibility of the inner shell or core to external reagents (such as molecular oxygen or other small molecules) and on interchromophoric interactions within the dendritic structures. Electro-inactive dendrimers can also be important in regulating the electron transfer reactions between hosted partners in this sense dendrimers may also constitute a peculiar medium to investigate electron transfer reactions in restricted spaces. 

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