Electron transfer reactions in chemistry. Theory and experiment

1993/07/01 by R. A. Marcus · 10 citations
Chemistry · Materials Science · #Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies #Electrochemical Analysis and Applications #Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/revmodphys.65.599

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Abstract

Since the late 1940s, the field of electron transfer pro- cesses has grown enormously, both in chemistry and biol- ogy. The development of the field, experimentally and theoretically, as well as its relation to the study of other kinds of chemical reactions, represents to us an intrigu- ing history, one in which many threads have been brought together. In this lecture, some history, recent trends, and my own involvement in this research are de- scribed. The early experiments in the electron transfer field were on "isotopic exchange reactions" (self-exchange reactions) and, later, "cross reactions. " These experiments rejected two principal inAuences. One of these was the availability after the Second World War of many radioac- tive isotopes, which permitted the study of a large num- ber of isotopic exchange electron transfer reactions, such as Fe +Fe' ~Fe ++Pe* + Ce ++Ce*"+-+Ce ++Ce* +

Citations

• On the Theory of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions Involving Electron Transfer. I
• Intramolecular long-distance electron transfer in radical anions. The effects of free energy and solvent on the reaction rates
• Electron Transfer Reactions in Condensed Phases

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