Dipole–reaction field interaction model for the solvent reorganization energy and its application to the benzoquinone–benzoquinone anion radical system |
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Authors: | Xiang-Yuan Li Quan Zhu Lin-Lin Zhao Shun-Qing Xiao Feng Liu |
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Institution: | (1) College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China, CN |
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Abstract: | Based on the spherical cavity approximation and the Onsager model, a dipole–reaction field interaction model has been proposed
to elucidate the solvent reorganization energy of electron transfer (ET). This treatment only needs the cavity radius and
the solute dipole moment in the evaluation of the solvent reorganization energy, and fits spherelike systems well. As an application,
the ET reaction between p-benzoquinone and its anion radical has been investigated. The inner reorganization energy has been calculated at the level
of MP2/6–31+G, and the solvent reorganization energies of different conformations have been evaluated by using the self-consistent
reaction field approach at the HF/6–31+G level. Discussions have been made on the cavity radii and the values are found to
be reasonable when compared with the experimental ones of some analogous intramolecular ET reactions. The ET matrix element
has been determined on the basis of the two-state model. The fact that the value of the ET matrix element is about 10 times
larger than RT indicates that this ET reaction can be treated as an adiabatic one. By invoking the classical Marcus ET model, a value of
4.9 × 107M−1s−1 was obtained for the second-order rate constant, and it agrees quite well with the experimental one.
Received: 19 October 2001 / Accepted: 17 January 2002 / Published online: 3 May 2002 |
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Keywords: | : Dipole– reaction field interaction – Solvent reorganization energy – Electron-transfer matrix element – Rate constant |
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