Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.108, No.34, 13047-13051, 2004
Marcus theory for outer-sphere heterogeneous electron transfer: Predicting electron-transfer rates for quinones
Steady-state voltammetry is used to measure the heterogeneous electron-transfer rates for the reduction of quinones to determine the dependence of k(0) on molecular size, according to Marcus theory. This dependence is then used to predict the electron-transfer rate constants of related quinones, and the predictions are compared to experimental measurements.