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Published September 27, 1982 | public
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Further Developments in Electron Transfer

Abstract

The inverted region in electron transfer reactions is studied for the reaction of electronically-excited ruthenium(II) tris-bipyridyl ions with various metal(III) tris-bipyridyl complexes. Numerical calculations for the diffusion-reaction equation are summarized for the case where electron transfer occurs over a range of distances. Comparison is made with the experimental data and with a simple approximation. The analysis reveals some of the factors which can cause a flattening of the ln k_(obs) versus ΔG^O curve in the inverted region. Ways of improving the chance of observing the effect are discussed.

Additional Information

© 1982 American Chemical Society. Received April 21, 1982. Publication Date (Print): July 23, 2009. It is a pleasure to acknowledge support of this research by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Contribution No. 6494 from the California Institute of Technology.

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