Abstract
Catalysis in electron transfer reactions between electron donors and acceptors was investigated. Mechanistic insight was provided through examples of both thermal and photochemical reactions that involve metal ion-catalyzed electron transfer processes as the rate-determining steps. Quantitative measure of Lewis acidity of metal-ions was obtained from ESR spectra of superoxide-metal ion complexes. It was shown that the Lewis acidity of metal ions controlled the electron transfer step and the subsequent chemical step in the overall redox reactions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 448-460 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2002 |
Keywords
- Catalysis
- Electron transfer
- Fullerene
- Metal ions
- Oxygen
- Superoxide dismutase