Investigation of dissociative electron transfer mechanisms and reactivity patterns through kinetic amplification by a chain process

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 5623-5635

  Costentin, Cyrille ^a   Hapiot, Philippe ^a   Médebielle, Maurice ^a   Savéant, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 NITROPROPANATE; 4 NITROBENZALDEHYDE; 4 NITROBENZYL CHLORIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HALIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POTENTIOMETRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0034647219     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja000708d     Document Type: Article

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