Intrinsic reactivity and driving force dependence in concerted proton-electron transfers to water illustrated by phenol oxidation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3367-3372

  Bonin, Julien ^a   Costentin, Cyrille ^a   Louault, Cyril ^a   Robert, Marc ^a   Routier, Mathilde ^a   Savéant, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Photochemistry; Proton coupled electron transfer; Water as proton acceptor

Indexed keywords

CATION; ISOTOPE; PHENOL; PROTON; RADICAL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DERIVATIZATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLOW KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER; PROTON TRANSPORT;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LASERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOL; PHOTOLYSIS; PROTONS; RUTHENIUM; WATER;

EID: 77649261082     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914693107     Document Type: Article

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