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How to understand "to diverge into"

This is because cyanobacteria are able to diverge the electrons which emerging from the two primary reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis directly into the production of H2, making them attractive microorganisms for a renewable production of H2 from solar energy and water.

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How to understand "diverge directly into"?

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It's a pretty poor sentence, is it from a textbook? I'm sorry. (I searched google for the exact phrase and the only results were on EnglishForward) I think diverge has a specialised meaning in this context (some kind of chemical process).

— MrBen

  • It's a pretty poor sentence, is it from a textbook?
  • I'm sorry.
  • (I searched google for the exact phrase and the only results were on EnglishForward) I think diverge has a specialised meaning in this context (some kind of chemical process).
  • I think "directly into" refers to the photosynthesis.
  • It's very difficult to parse.
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It's a pretty poor sentence, is it from a textbook? I'm sorry. (I searched google for the exact phrase and the only results were on EnglishForward)

I think diverge has a specialised meaning in this context (some kind of chemical process). I think "directly into" refers to the photosynthesis. It's very difficult to parse.
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mrBenI think diverge has a specialised meaning in this context (some kind of chemical process). I think "directly into" refers to the photosynthesis.
You may be right, but my personal opinion is that the words are used incorrectly.
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