Title
Indirect Determination of Self-Exchange Electron Transfer Rate Constants
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1998
Publication Title
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Department
Chemistry
Abstract
Second-order rate constants kij(obsd) measured at 25 °C in acetonitrile by stopped-flow spectrophotometry for forty-four electron transfer (ET) reactions among fourteen 0/+1 couples [three aromatic compounds (tetrathiafulvalene, tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene, and 9,10-dimethyl-9,10-dihydrophenazine), four 2,3-disubstituted 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane derivatives, six acyclic hydrazines, and the bridgehead diamine 1,5-diazabicyclo[3.3.3]undecane] and seventeen compounds and forty-seven reactions from a previous study (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 5900) [three p-phenylenediamine derivatives, four ferrocene derivatives, and ten tetraalkylhydrazines] are discussed. When all 91 kij(obsd) values are simultaneously fitted to Marcus's adiabatic cross rate formula kij(calcd) = (kiikjjKijfij)1/2, ln fij = (ln Kij)2/4 ln(kiikjj/Z2), best-fit self-exchange rate constants, kii(fit), are obtained that allow remarkably accurate calculation of kij(obsd); kij(obsd)/kij(calcd) is in the range 0.5?2.0 for all 91 reactions. The average difference without regard to sign, |??Gij|, between observed cross reaction activation free energy and that calculated using the kii(fit) values and equilibrium constants is 0.13 kcal/mol. The ?Gii(fit) values obtained range from 2.3 kcal/mol for tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene0/+ to 21.8 kcal/mol for tetra-n-propylhydrazine0/+, corresponding to a factor of 2 × 1014 in kii(fit). The principal factor affecting kii(fit) for our data appears to be the internal vertical reorganization energy (?v), but kii(fit) values also incorportate the effects of changes in the electronic matrix coupling element (V). Significantly smaller V values for ferrocenes and for hydrazines with alkyl groups larger than methyl than for aromatics and tetramethylhydrazine are implied by the observed ?Gii(fit) values.
ISSN
0002-7863
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Citation
Nelsen, Stephen F, Rustem F. Ismagilov, Kevin E. Gentile, Mark A. Nagy, Hieu Q. Tran, Qinling Qu, DeWayne T. Halfen, Amy L. Odegard, and Jack R. Pladziewicz. "Indirect Determination of Self-Exchange Electron Transfer Rate Constants." Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120.32 (1998): 8230-8240. Print.