Inserting a hydrogen-bond relay between proton exchanging sites in proton-coupled electron transfers

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3803-3806

  Costentin, Cyrille ^a   Robert, Marc ^a   Savéant, Jean Michel ^a   Tard, Cédric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Electron transfer; Hydrogen bonds; Phenols; Proton transfer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFER MECHANISMS; PROTON-COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDROGEN; PHENOLS; PROTON TRANSFER;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

PHENOL; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BONDING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOL; PROTONS;

EID: 77952594401     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200907192     Document Type: Article

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