✦ LIBER ✦
Electron-Transfer Transition States: Bound or Unbound—That is the Question!
✍ Scribed by Dr. Hendrik Zipse
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 449 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0044-8249
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✦ Synopsis
A third pathway other than the known outer‐sphere and inner‐sphere processes needs to be considered, according to quantum mechanical studies of electron‐transfer (ET) processes. This new outer‐sphere reaction type, which proceeds via “bound” transition states, shows clear stereochemical preferences as well as significant intermolecular orbital overlap in the transition state. In contrast to inner‐sphere ET processes, no bond formation occurs during the reaction.