Electron exchange and electron transfer of semiquinones in aqueous solutions
Electron exchange and electron transfer of semiquinones in aqueous solutions
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半醌在水溶液中的电子交换和电子转移
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1976
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R. W. Fessenden
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D. Meisel;R. W. Fessenden
Rate constants for self-exchange of electrons between semiquinone radical ions and their parent quinones were measured for four benzoquinone derivatives in aqueous solutions (containing 5 M 2-propanol and 1 M acetone at pH 7). This was accomplished by measuring the effect of the concentration of the quinone on the ESR line width of the semiquinone radical ion produced by in situ photolysis. The quinones studied were benzoquinone, 2,5- and 2,6-dimethylbenzoquinone, and duroquinone. The rate constants for the electron exchange for these couples were found to be in the range of 0.5 to 2 x 10/sup 8/ M/sup -1/s/sup -1/. Electron transfer from one semiquinone to another quinone in this group of benzoquinone derivatives was measured using kinetic spectrophotometry and pulse radiolysis. Since one-electron reduction potentials for all of these quinone/semiquinone couples are known from pulse radiolysis determination of the equilibria, electron transfer rates can be predicted using the Marcus theory from rates of the self-exchange reactions. The calculated rates thus obtained are in good agreement with the experimentally measured rate constants. Reaction radii could be estimated and further correlations between the rates of electron transfer and the free energy changes were checked.