Heterogeneous rates of electron transfer. Application of cyclic voltammetric techniques to irreversible electrochemical processes
Heterogeneous rates of electron transfer. Application of cyclic voltammetric techniques to irreversible electrochemical processes
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00534a036
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发表时间:
1980-07
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15
通讯作者:
R. J. Klingler;J. Kochi
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作者:
R. J. Klingler;J. Kochi
The anodic peak potentials in the irreversible cyclic voltammograms of various homoleptic alkylmetals in acetonitrile show a striking linear correlation with their ionization potentials/D determinedin the gas phase. Application of various transient electrochemical techniques proves that the electrode process arises from a totally irreversible ECE sequence inwhich the peak potential is determined solely by the kinetics of heterogeneous electron transfer and diffusion—uncomplicated by any follow-up chemical reaction. As a result, the anodic peak potential£„can be directly related tothe activation free energy for electron transfer, and the correlation of£ p and ID represents a linear tree-energy relationship. The mechanism of heterogeneous electron transfer is described as an outer-sphere process, dependent only on the driving force for one-electron oxidation and independent of steric effects of the alkylmetal. The close relationship between the activated complexes for heterogeneous and homogeneous electron transfer is emphasized in a direct comparison of the electrochemical process with the oxidation of the same alkylmetals by a series of poly (pyridine) iron (III) complexes in solution.