Mechanism of Antioxidant Reaction of Vitamin E. Charge Transfer and Tunneling Effect in Proton-Transfer Reaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100185a065

In order to shed light on the mechanism of proton-transfer reactions, a kinetic and ab initio study of the antioxidant action (intermolecular proton transfer) of vitamin E derivatives has been carried out.The second-order rate constants (k_s's)