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Title: Marcus equation

Abstract

In the late 1950s to early 1960s Rudolph A. Marcus developed a theory for treating the rates of outer-sphere electron-transfer reactions. Outer-sphere reactions are reactions in which an electron is transferred from a donor to an acceptor without any chemical bonds being made or broken. (Electron-transfer reactions in which bonds are made or broken are referred to as inner-sphere reactions.) Marcus derived several very useful expressions, one of which has come to be known as the Marcus cross-relation or, more simply, as the Marcus equation. It is widely used for correlating and predicting electron-transfer rates. For his contributions to the understanding of electron-transfer reactions, Marcus received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This paper discusses the development and use of the Marcus equation. Topics include self-exchange reactions; net electron-transfer reactions; Marcus cross-relation; and proton, hydride, atom and group transfers.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
677005
Report Number(s):
BNL-65855
ON: DE99000575; BR: KC030101; TRN: AHC29821%%138
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-98CH10886
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1998]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
40 CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSFER; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; EQUATIONS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; FREE ENERGY

Citation Formats

. Marcus equation. United States: N. p., 1998. Web. doi:10.2172/677005.
. Marcus equation. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/677005
. 1998. "Marcus equation". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/677005. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/677005.
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