Concerted proton-electron transfers: Fundamentals and recent developments

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 537-560

  Savéant, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Bond breaking; Cyclic voltammetry; Electrochemistry; H bond relays; Intervalence; Redox chemistry

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; ISOTOPES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BOND-BREAKING; H-BOND RELAYS; INTERVALENCE; KINETIC CHARACTERIZATION; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS; PROTON-COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER; REDOX CHEMISTRY; REORGANIZATION ENERGIES;

PROTONS;

PROTON; WATER;

ANIMAL; CELL RESPIRATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL RESPIRATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PROTONS; WATER;

EID: 84904325696     PISSN: 19361327     EISSN: 19361335     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-071213-020315     Document Type: Review

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