Through-Bond-Mediated Electronic Energy Transfer

Through-Bond-Mediated Electronic Energy Transfer... 

Keywords Electron Tansfer m Energy Transfer m Through-Bond Coupling m Superexchange m Molecular Wires m Solvent-Mediated Electron Transfer m Electron Transfer in DNA m Charge Separation m Electron Transfer Through H-Bonds... 

One and two electron oxidative addition processes that involve electron transfer between alkyl radicals and transition metal species have been exploited in organic synthesis for many years. These reactions can ultimately result in the formation of stable metal-alkyl complexes. The formation of such organometallic species during ATRP would have several implications on the role of the catalyst. The relative bond dissociation energies of the the Mt-R, Mt-X, and R-X bonds would ultimately dictate whether polymerization would be inhibited by the formation of a Mt-R bond, whether initiation efficiency might just be reduced, or whether the entire polymerization could be mediated through the reversible formation of such a Mt-R bond (as in stable free radical polymerization, or SFRP).[ ]... 

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