Journal of the American Chemical Society

A simple model for the kinetics of dissociative electron transfer in polar solvents. Application to the homogeneous and heterogeneous reduction of alkyl halides

JM Saveant

Index: Saveant, Jean-Michel Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1987 , vol. 109, # 22 p. 6788 - 6795

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Abstract

Abstract: A simple model describing the kinetics of electron transfer-bond breaking concerted reactions is developed. On the basis of a Morse curve description of the potential energy surfaces for bond breaking, it leads, for homogeneous and heterogeneous processes, to a quadratic activation-driving force free energy relationship with a standard activation free energy being the sum of two contributions characterizing bond breaking ...