Water abstraction of hydrogen from

The second point relates to this as well as to your observation that the abstraction of hydrogen from water molecules is assisted by coordination of the water, particularly with Fe+2. The mechanism of ferrous oxidation by hydrogen atom has been a controversial question, and several mechanisms have been proposed. Among them are one suggested by Jortner, Czapski, Stein, and myself involving the addition of hydrogen atoms to the ferrous ion to form a hydrido iron complex analagous to CuH+—i.e.,... 

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