Electron transfer, coupled with oxidative

Electron transfer coupled with atom or proton transfer converts NO into lower oxidation state N ligands. The first example achieved with [M(S )] nitrosyl complexes is given by Eq. 29 (49, 71). 

Rubredoxin is an electron-transfer protein with an Fe(IlI)/Fe(lI) redox couple at -0.31 V (SCE) in water (20). Our peptide model, [Fe( Cys-Pro-Leu-Cys-OMe)2] (Z = benzyloxycarbonyl) (21) exhibits its Fe(lll)/Fe(ll) redox couple at -0.50 V (SCE) in Mc2SO (9). This is similar to the value observed for the native protein when the difference of the solvent is taken into account. When the model complex is solubilized in water by formation of micelles with addition of the non-ionic detergent, Triton X-KX), we also observed a quasi-reversible redox couple at -0.37 V (SCE) (5). The Fe(lll) complexes of Cys-X-Y-Cys peptides also exhibit a characteristic MCD band at 350 nm due to ligand-to-metal charge transfer which has also been found in oxidized rubredoxin (4). 

A number of rate constants for reactions of transients derived from the reduction of metal ions and metal complexes were determined by pulse radiolysis [58]. Because of the shortlived character of atoms and oligomers, the determination of their redox potential is possible only by kinetic methods using pulse radiolysis. In the couple Mj/M , the reducing properties of M as electron donor as well as oxidizing properties of as electron acceptor are deduced from the occurrence of an electron transfer reaction with a reference reactant of known potential. These reactions obviously occur in competition with the cascade of coalescence processes. The unknown potential °(M /M ) is derived by comparing the action of several reference systems of different potentials. 

In this equation, aua represents the product of the coefficient of electron transfer (a) by the number of electrons (na) involved in the rate-determining step, n the total number of electrons involved in the electrochemical reaction, k the heterogeneous electrochemical rate constant at the zero potential, D the coefficient of diffusion of the electroactive species, and c the concentration of the same in the bulk of the solution. The initial potential is E/ and G represents a numerical constant. This equation predicts a linear variation of the logarithm of the current. In/, on the applied potential, E, which can easily be compared with experimental current-potential curves in linear potential scan and cyclic voltammetries. This type of dependence between current and potential does not apply to electron transfer processes with coupled chemical reactions [186]. In several cases, however, linear In/ vs. E plots can be approached in the rising portion of voltammetric curves for the solid-state electron transfer processes involving species immobilized on the electrode surface [131, 187-191], reductive/oxidative dissolution of metallic deposits [79], and reductive/oxidative dissolution of insulating compounds [147,148]. Thus, linear potential scan voltammograms for surface-confined electroactive species verify [79]... 

Abstraction, reductive coupling, electron transfer, bond activation, oxidative addition, n-complexation, disproportionation and metal cluster formation are some of the reactions that occur when metal atoms interact with organic polymers and small molecules. Examples of these reactions are provided from the literature on the organometallic chemistry of free atoms and coordination-deficient molecules. Past uses of model compound studies to understand the early stages of chromium metallization on polyimide are critiqued. New evidence for reactions of chromium atoms with compounds related to polyimides is given. 

When metallo-enzymes effect the oxidation or rednction of organic snbstrates or simple molecules such as H2O, N2 or O2, they often function as multielectron donors or acceptors with two or more metals at the active The electronic conpUng between the metals is often accompanied by uniqne spectroscopic features such as electron spin spin coupling. The metal metal electronic coupling may facilitate the multi-electron-transfer reactions with the snbstrates. In simpler molecular systems, two electron-transfer processes most often reqnire snbstrate binding , as in an inner-sphere, gronp (or atom ) transfer process. ... 

Electron transfer from the amine to flavin would result in the aminium radical which is expected to rearrange rapidly to radical 61. Inactivation of the enzyme would then occur via coupling of the radical with the flavin radical anion resulting in the formation of 66. Coupling of the aminium radical with an amino acid radical would result in the formation of 65. By use of radioactive labeling techniques Silverman et al. have confirmed the formation of 65 and 66 this confirms the role of electron transfer in the oxidation process. Similar studies have been performed using 1-phenylcyclobutylamine (Scheme 18) [198]. 

We briefly mention here the use of the ferrocene/ferrocenium redox couple to mediate electron transfer on the oxidation (anodic) side, especially in derivatized electrode. This broad area has been reviewed [349]. For instance, polymers and dendrimers containing ferrocene units have been used to derivatize electrodes and mediate electron transfer between a substrate and the anode. Recently, ferrocene dendrimers up to a theoretical number of 243 ferrocene units were synthesized, reversibly oxidized, and shown to make stable derivatized electrodes. Thus, these polyferrocene dendrimers behave as molecular batteries (Scheme 42). These modified electrodes are characterized by the identical potential for the anodic and cathodic peak in cyclic voltammetry and by a linear relationship between the sweep rate and the intensity [134, 135]. Electrodes modified with ferrocene dendrimers were shown to be efficient mediators [357-359]. For the sake of convenience, the redox process of a smaller ferrocene dendrimer is represented below. 

This chapter considers the oxidation of iodide in seawater by natural oxidants (02, H202, and 03). The oxidation of iodide to iodate is considered slow, yet the six-electron T-IOj redox couple normally used to represent the process (or predict stability) is thermodynamically favorable (2). We will discuss both one- and two-electron-transfer processes with these oxidants, focusing on the first step of electron transfer and using the frontier molecular orbital theory approach in conjunction with available thermodynamic and kinetic data. The analysis shows that the chemical oxidation of I to I03 is not a very important process in seawater, except perhaps at the surface microlayer. 

This deuterium isotope effect cannot be explained by a purely electronic process but could be explained by a proton-coupled electron transfer. The population decay rate of the excited state at a fixed energy is successfully decomposed into two components an isotope independent solvation term and a proton-coupled electron transfer term with a marked deuterium effect. The latter terms for the CH3OH overlayer are found to be about twice those for the CH3OD overlayer. Thus, with time-resolved 2PPE, the ultrafast dielectric response of a protic/solvent metal-oxide interface has been revealed. 

A communication and full paper tell of the efficient photoreduction of 4-chlorobiphenyl to biphenyl by excitation of 9,10-dihydro-lO-methylacridine (163) or acriflavine (164) in aqueous acetonitrile containing sodium borohydride. A variety of alkyl halides, benzyl halides and chlorobenzenes were also reduced. The reaction proceeds by electron transfer from the excited state of the dihydroacridine to the chloroarene, chloride loss and hydrogen atom donation to the arene radical. Thus photoreduction of the arene is coupled with oxidation of the dihydroacridine to the acridinium salt the latter is reduced back to the dihydroacridine by the borohydride. 

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