Solvent reorganization as a governing factor in the kinetics of intramolecular dissociative electron transfers. Cleavage of anion radicals of α-substituted acetophenones

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 40, 1996, Pages 9788-9789

  Andrieux, Claude P ^a   Savéant, Jean Michel ^a   Tallec, André ^b   Tardivel, Robert ^b   Tardy, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

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EID: 0000444683     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9622564     Document Type: Article

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