Chlorine dioxide reduction by aqueous iron(II) through outer-sphere and inner-sphere electron-transfer pathways

The reduction of ClO(2) to ClO(2)(-) by aqueous iron(II) in 0.5 M HClO(4) proceeds by both outer-sphere (86%) and inner-sphere (14%) electron-transfer pathways. The second-order rate constant for the outer-sphere reaction is 1.3 x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1). The inner-sphere electron-transfer reaction takes place via the formation of FeClO(2)(2+) that is observed as an intermediate. The rate constant for the inner-sphere path (2.0 x 10(5) M(-1) s(-1)) is controlled by ClO(2) substitution of a coordinated water to give an inner-sphere complex between ClO(2) and Fe(II) that very rapidly transfers an electron to give (Fe(III)(ClO(2)(-))(H(2)O)(5)(2+))(IS). The composite activation parameters for the ClO(2)/Fe(aq)(2+) reaction (inner-sphere + outer-sphere) are the following: DeltaH(r)++ = 40 kJ mol(-1); DeltaS(r)++ = 1.7 J mol(-1) K(-1). The Fe(III)ClO(2)(2+) inner-sphere complex dissociates to give Fe(aq)(3+) and ClO(2)(-) (39.3 s(-1)). The activation parameters for the dissociation of this complex are the following: DeltaH(d)++= 76 kJ mol(-1); DeltaS(d)++= 32 J K(-1) mol(-1). The reaction of Fe(aq)(2+) with ClO(2)(-) is first order in each species with a second-order rate constant of k(ClO2)- = 2.0 x 10(3) M(-1) s(-1) that is five times larger than the rate constant for the Fe(aq)(2+) reaction with HClO(2) in H(2)SO(4) medium ([H(+)] = 0.01-0.13 M). The composite activation parameters for the Fe(aq)(2+)/Cl(III) reaction in H(2)SO(4) are DeltaH(Cl(III))++ = 41 kJ mol(-1) and DeltaS(Cl(III))++ = 48 J mol(-1) K(-1).     

Evidence for absence of an inverted region for Ru(III)-Ti(III) outer-sphere electron-transfer reaction

A lower limit of 10⁸ M^?1 s^?1 was obtained for the 2nd-order rate constant at 25°C for the reduction of Ru(bpy)₃³⁺ by Ti(III) in an aqueous medium of ionic strength 1.0 M and pH range 0–2. The theoretical implications of this result are discussed.     

Self-enhanced multicolor electrochemiluminescence by competitive electron-transfer processes

Controlling electrochemiluminescence (ECL) color(s) is crucial for many applications ranging from multiplexed bioassays to ECL microscopy. This can only be achieved through the fundamental understanding of high-energy electron-transfer processes in complex and competitive reaction schemes. Recently, this field has generated huge interest, but the effective implementation of multicolor ECL is constrained by the limited number of ECL-active organometallic dyes. Herein, the first self-enhanced organic ECL dye, a chiral red-emitting cationic diaza [4]helicene connected to a dimethylamino moiety by a short linker, is reported. This molecular system integrates bifunctional ECL features (i.e. luminophore and coreactant) and each function may be operated either separately or simultaneously. This unique level of control is enabled by integrating but decoupling both molecular functions in a single molecule. Through this dual molecular reactivity, concomitant multicolor ECL emission from red to blue with tunable intensity is readily obtained in aqueous media. This is done through competitive electron-transfer processes between the helicene and a ruthenium or iridium dye. The reported approach provides a general methodology to extend to other coreactant/luminophore systems, opening enticing perspectives for spectrally distinct detection of several analytes, and original analytical and imaging strategies.

Controlling electrochemiluminescence (ECL) color(s) is crucial for many applications ranging from multiplexed bioassays to ECL microscopy.     

Iridium-catalyzed hydrogenation of N-heterocyclic compounds under mild conditions by an outer-sphere pathway

A new homogeneous iridium catalyst gives hydrogenation of quinolines under unprecedentedly mild conditions-as low as 1 atm of H(2) and 25 °C. We report air- and moisture-stable iridium(I) NHC catalyst precursors that are active for reduction of a wide variety of quinolines having functionalities at the 2-, 6-, and 8- positions. A combined experimental and theoretical study has elucidated the mechanism of this reaction. DFT studies on a model Ir complex show that a conventional inner-sphere mechanism is disfavored relative to an unusual stepwise outer-sphere mechanism involving sequential proton and hydride transfer. All intermediates in this proposed mechanism have been isolated or spectroscopically characterized, including two new iridium(III) hydrides and a notable cationic iridium(III) dihydrogen dihydride complex. DFT calculations on full systems establish the coordination geometry of these iridium hydrides, while stoichiometric and catalytic experiments with the isolated complexes provide evidence for the mechanistic proposal. The proposed mechanism explains why the catalytic reaction is slower for unhindered substrates and why small changes in the ligand set drastically alter catalyst activity.     

Electronic structure contributions to electron-transfer reactivity in iron-sulfur active sites: 2. Reduction potentials

This study utilizes photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) combined with theoretical methods to determine the electronic structure contributions to the large reduction potential difference between [FeCl(4)](2)(-)(,1)(-) and [Fe(SR)(4)](2)(-)(,1)(-) (DeltaE(0) approximately 1 V). Valence PES data confirm that this effect results from electronic structure differences because there is a similarly large shift in the onset of valence ionization between the two reduced species (DeltaI(vert) = 1.4 +/- 0.3 eV). Specific electronic contributions to DeltaI(vert) have been investigated and defined. Ligand field effects, which are often considered to be of great importance, contribute very little to DeltaI(vert) (DeltaE(LF) < -0.05 eV). By contrast, electronic relaxation, a factor that is often neglected in the analysis of chemical reactivity, strongly affects the valence ionization energies of both species. The larger electronic relaxation in the tetrathiolate allows it to more effectively stabilize the oxidized state and lowers its I(vert) relative to that of the chloride (DeltaE(rlx) = 0.2 eV). The largest contribution to the difference in redox potentials is the much lower effective charge () of the tetrathiolate in the reduced state, which results in a large difference in the energy of the Fe 3d manifold between the two redox couples (DeltaE(Fe)( )(3d) = 1.2 eV). This difference derives from the significantly higher covalency of the iron-thiolate bond, which decreases and significantly lowers its redox potential.     

Capillary isotachophoretic study of outer-sphere complex formation

Summary Outer-sphere complex formation was studied by capillary isotachophoresis. Strong ion-pair formation between cationic Co(III) complexes such tris(ethylenediamine) Co(III) and dicarboxylic acids was observed. The effect of the cationic Co(III) complex concentration, dissolved in the leading electrolyte, on the sample mobility was shown.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. A Liberti on the occasion of his 70th birthday.     

Formation of 1,2,4-dioxazolidines by electron-transfer photooxygenation of aziridines

DCA-sensitized photooxygenation of $\text{cis}$- and $\text{trans}$-2,3-diphenylaziridine in acetonitrile yields exclusively $\text{cis}$-3,5-diphenyl-1,2,4-dioxazolidine. Photooxygenation of N-alkyl- substituted 2,3-diphenylaziridines provides both isomers of the peroxide. The $\text{cis}$$\text{trans}$ ratio of isomers decreases with increasing size of the group on nitrogen. These stereochemical results provide support for a proposed mechanism involving addition of singlet oxygen to intermediate azomethine ylides.     

Some quantum chemical aspects on outer-sphere electron-transfer reactions: the U(V)/Fe(III)-U(VI)/Fe(II) system

The activation energy and rate constant of U(V)-Fe(III) to U(VI)-Fe(II) outer-sphere electron-transfer reaction was studied using Marcus model. Experimental values were used for Gibbs energy change of the reaction, and energy surfaces were calculated by quantum chemical methods. The calculated rate constant was in reasonable accord with experimental value.     

Excited-state electron-transfer quenching by a series of water photoreduction mediators

Rate constants k_q for the quenching of the excited state of Ru(bipy)₃²⁺ by a series of viologen salts having different redox potential E_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} have been determined in deaerated aqueous solutions at pH = 5 by laser flash photolysis. The k_q values are found to decrease with increasing —E_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} and to correlate with the reaction free-energy change ΔG. Such a correlation is shown to be consistent with the Rehm—Weller model for electron-transfer reactions.     

Practical route to relative diffusion coefficients and electronic relaxation rates of paramagnetic metal complexes in solution by model-independent outer-sphere NMRD. Potentiality for MRI contrast agents

The relaxation of electronic spins S of paramagnetic species is studied by the field-dependence of the longitudinal, transverse, and longitudinal in the rotating frame relaxation rates R1, R2, and R1rho of nuclear spins I carried by dissolved probe solutes. The method rests on the model-independent low-frequency dispersions of the outer-sphere (OS) paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) of these rates due to the three-dimensional relative diffusion of the complex with respect to the probe solute. We propose simple analytical formulas to calculate these enhancements in terms of the relative diffusion coefficient D, the longitudinal electronic relaxation time T1e, and the time integral of the time correlation function of the I-S dipolar magnetic interaction. In the domain of vanishing magnetic field, these parameters can be derived from the low-frequency dispersion of R1 thanks to sensitivity improvements of fast field-cycling nuclear relaxometers. At medium field, we present various approaches to obtain these parameters by combining the rates R1, R2, and R1rho. The method is illustrated by a careful study of the proton PREs of deuterated water HOD, methanol CH3OD, and tert-butyl alcohol (CH3)3COD in heavy water in the presence of a recently reported nonacoordinate Gd(III) complex. The exceptionally slow electronic relaxation of the Gd(III) spin in this complex is confirmed and used to test the accuracy of the method through the self-consistency of the low- and medium-field results. The study of molecular diffusion at a few nanometer scale and of the electronic spin relaxation of other complexed metal ions is discussed.     

Reduction potentials of antimycobacterial agents: Relationship to activity

Electrochemical studies (reduction potential and reversibility) were performed on several antimycobacterial agents to gain insight regarding the proposal that many drugs exert part of their activity via an electron transfer process which results in the production of oxidative stress or the disruption of electron transport systems. Reduction potentials provide data relevant to the feasibility of electron transfer in vivo. Categories of antimycobacterial agents include iminium-type ions from ethionamide and pyrazinamide, coordination complexes (Cu or Fe) of chelators (isoniazid, thiosemicarbazones, p-aminosalicylic acid, and ethambutol) and quinone types (clofazimine). Reduction potentials ranged from 0.26 to −0.6 V. Relevant literature data are discussed.     

Reduction mechanisms of different oxidizing agents at diamond surfaces

“Electroless” oxidation, at room temperature, of boron-doped diamond (BDD) films with oxidizing agents as Ce⁴⁺, MnO₄^?, H₂O₂ or S₂O₈^2? is an efficient way to transform hydrogen terminations (C-H) into oxygen ones (C-O). To investigate the oxidation mechanism of diamond surfaces through these open current potential (OCP) processes, we study in the present work the reduction mechanisms of the different oxidizing agents at BDD surfaces. Current-voltage measurements were performed using a rotating disk electrode of diamond immersed in a solution containing one of the species. Two different mechanisms were evidenced: an electrochemical for Ce⁴⁺ and MnO₄^? and a chemical one based on the production of radicals under light exposure for H₂O₂ and S₂O₈^2?.     

The photochemical preparation of ozonides by electron-transfer photo-oxygenation of epoxides

9,10-Dicyanoanthracene (DCA) sensitizes the electron-transfer photo-oxygenation of epoxides in oxygen-saturated acetonitrile to form ozonides. Epoxides with oxidation potentials lower than 2 V vs SCE quench the fluorescence of DCA and are converted to the ozonides with DCA alone. Epoxides which do not quench the singlet excited state of DCA are unreactive under these conditions. However, the photo-oxygenation of these epoxides can be effected by addition of biphenyl (BP) as a catalyst or co-sensitizer. Investigations of the stereochemistry of the reactions of cis- and trans-2,3-diaryloxiranes has shown that both isomeric epoxides are converted exclusively to the corresponding cis-ozonides. Co-sensitized photo-oxygenation of cis- and trans-2,3-diphenyloxirane affords only cis-3,5-diphenyl-1,2,4-trioxolane. The same stereochemical course is followed for the electron-transfer photo-oxygenation of more easily oxidized 2,3-dinaphthyloxiranes that do not require BP co-sensitization. The stereochemistry of the naphthyl-substituted ozonides has been unequivocably assigned by an X-ray structure of cis-3,5-bis(2'-naphthyl)-1,2,4-trioxolane. The corresponding trans-ozonide was prepared by ozonation of cis-1,2-bis(2'-naphthyl)ethene and stereochemically identified by Chromatographic resolution using high-performance liquid chromatography with optically active (+)-poly(triphenylmethyl methacrylate) as the stationary phase. These stereochemical results have been interpreted in terms of a mechanism involving addition of singlet oxygen as a dipolarophile to intermediate carbonyl ylides.     

Formation of 1,2-dioxanes by electron-transfer photooxygenation of 1,1-disubstituted ethylenes

Electron-rich 1,1-diarylethylenes (1a–e) afford 3,3,6,6-tetraaryl-1,2-dioxanes (3a–e) in high yields (>907%) when subjected to electron-transfer photooxygenation in the presence of DCA. Whereas 1,1-diphenyl-ethylene (1f) and 1,1-di(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (1h) yield the 1,2-dioxanes 3f and 3h at 30% and less than 10%, respectively, there is negligible (if any) 1,2-dioxane formation with 1,1-di(m-anisyl)ethylene (1i). 1,2-Dioxane formation proceeds in a chain reaction (Scheme 1). N-Vinylcarbazol (1g), however, yields the 1,2-dioxane 3g via the cyclobutane derivative 7 (Scheme 2).     

5-Deoxy glycofuranosides by carboxyl group assisted photoinduced electron-transfer deoxygenation

In connection with the development of practical methods for the synthesis of deoxy sugars, a photoinduced electron-transfer (PET) reaction using 9-methylcarbazole (MCZ) as photosensitizer was applied to a 2-O-(3-trifluoromethyl)benzoylated derivative of d-galacturonic acid. The carboxylic group efficiently assists α-deoxygenation, the required irradiation time being significantly shorter than that in the absence of it. The photochemical reaction was also used for the deoxygenation of d-glucurono-6,3-lactone derivatives, providing in both cases the convenient routes for the synthesis of 5-deoxy-hexofuranosides and intermediate compounds for the synthesis of natural products, avoiding the use of metal hydrides.     

Adsorption processes on semiconductor colloids studied by pulsed-laser-induced electron-transfer reactions

A method is presented to study adsorption of electron-transfer reagents on colloidal semiconductors by laser pulse energy-dependent transient absorption measurements.