Intermolecular electron transfer reactivity determined from cross-rate studies.

Electron Transfer and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactivity and Self-Exchange of Synthetic [2Fe–2S] Complexes: Models for Rieske and mitoNEET Clusters

This report describes the thermochemistry, proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions and self-exchange rate constants for a set of bis-benzimidazolate-ligated [2Fe-2S] clusters. These clusters serve as a model for the chemistry of biological Rieske and mitoNEET clusters. PCET from [Fe2S2((Pr)bbim)((Pr)bbimH)](2-) (4) and [Fe2S2((Pr)bbim)((Pr)bbimH2)](1-) (5) to TEMPO occurs via concerte...

Intermolecular Electron Transfer Reactivity and Dynamics of Cytochrome c â•fi Nanoparticle Adducts

Quantitative characterization of group electrophilicity and nucleophilicity for intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions.

In a previous work (L. R. Domingo, M. J. Aurell, P. Perez and R. Contreras, Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 4417) we proposed that the difference in global electrophilicity index be taken as a measure of the polarity at the transition state in intermolecular Diels-Alder reactions. We herein extend this model to deal with intramolecular Diels-Alder (IMDA) processes. The transferability of the empirical re...

Conformational gating of the electron transfer reaction QA-.QB --> QAQB-. in bacterial reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides determined by a driving force assay.

The mechanism of the electron transfer reaction, QA-.QB --> QAQB-., was studied in isolated reaction centers from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides by replacing the native Q10 in the QA binding site with quinones having different redox potentials. These substitutions are expected to change the intrinsic electron transfer rate by changing the redox free energy (i.e., driving f...

A general model for selectivity in olefin cross metathesis.

In recent years, olefin cross metathesis (CM) has emerged as a powerful and convenient synthetic technique in organic chemistry; however, as a general synthetic method, CM has been limited by the lack of predictability in product selectivity and stereoselectivity. Investigations into olefin cross metathesis with several classes of olefins, including substituted and functionalized styrenes, seco...