Abstract
A large kinetic isotope effect (KIE,kH/kD) of 12.8 was observed for the hydrogen-transfer reaction from ascorbic acid to 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl 3-oxide (PTIO˙) in a phosphate buffer solution (0.05 M, pH/pD 7.0) at 298 K. The isotopic difference in the activation energies (6.8 kJ mol−1) determined from the temperature dependence of the KIE suggests that quantum mechanical tunneling may partly play a role in the reaction, although the isotopic ratio of the Arrhenius prefactor (AH/AD= 0.86) is within the semiclassical limits.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 11505-11507 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 77 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 4 Oct 2020 |
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