Passage from stepwise to concerted dissociative electron transfer through modulation of electronic states coupling

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 785-792

  Costentin, Cyrille ^a   Donati, Ludovic ^a   Robert, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Cyanobenzyl chlorides; Electrochemistry; Electron transfer; Radical ions; Reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; IONS; ISOMERS; MODULATION;

ANION RADICALS; COUPLING EFFECTS; CYANOBENZYL CHLORIDES; DIABATIC STATES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; N ,N DIMETHYL FORMAMIDE (DMF); RADICAL IONS; REACTION MECHANISMS; REACTION PATHWAYS; REDUCTIVE CLEAVAGE; TRANSFER MODELS; TRANSIENT SPECIES;

PHOTODISSOCIATION;

EID: 58449084054     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200801240     Document Type: Article

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