Reactivities of some electrogenerated organic cation radicals in room-temperature ionic liquids: Toward an alternative to volatile organic solvents?

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 745-752

  Lagrost, C ^a   Carrie D ^a   Vaultier, M ^a   Hapiot, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROGENERATED ORGANIC CATION RADICALS; ELECTRON TRANFER KINETICS; KINETICS PARAMETERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LIQUIDS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; OXIDATION; POSITIVE IONS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

FREE RADICALS;

EID: 0037421860     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp026907w     Document Type: Article

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