Determination of the Volume of Activation of the Key Reaction Steps in the Oxidation of Phenanthroline-Copper(I) by Molecular Oxygen

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100156a046

Using the high-pressure pulse radiolysis technique, we have shown that the oxidation of (phen)2Cu^I (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) by molecular oxygen proceeds via a transient in which a copper-oxygen bond is formed, i. e., via Cu^I-O2 a