Abstract
A theory for electron transfer reactions involving large free energy changes is presented. The energy distribution between inner-sphere vibrational modes and the outer-sphere polar continuum modes is analyzed and formulas are presented which are particularly suited to treat polyatomic systems. The temperature dependence is of the exponential type for strongly exoergic transitions. We treat explicitly a complete set of possible channels for the naphthalene ion radical/TCNQ system and discuss the competition between transitions falling into the so-called normal region with those falling into the abnormal region.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9-16 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Chemical Physics |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 9 Nov 1977 |