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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Oct 9;130(44):14745–14754. doi: 10.1021/ja805067h

Table 1.

Rate Constants, Eyring and Arrhenius Parameters for H- and D-Atom Transfer Reactions.a

Reaction k (M−1 s−1) ΔHb ΔSc Eab log A
RuIIimH + TEMPO (1.4 ± 0.1) × 103 2.7 ± 0.5 −35 ± 4 3.3 ± 0.5 5.6 ± 0.3
RuIIimD + TEMPO 60 ± 7 4.6 ± 0.6 −35 ± 5 5.2 ± 0.6 5.6 ± 0.4
RuIIimH + TEMPO (calc)d (4.3 ± 0.6) × 104 2.9 ± 0.4 −28 ± 2 3.5 ± 0.4 7.0 ± 0.2
RuIIimD + TEMPO (calc)d (8.4 ± 1.1) × 103 3.6 ± 0.5 −28 ± 3 4.2 ± 0.5 7.0 ± 0.3
RuIIimH + RuIIIim (3.2 ± 0.3) × 105 4.7 ± 0.2 −17.4 ± 0.4 5.3 ± 0.2 9.4 ± 0.2
RuIIimD + RuIIIim (2.1 ± 0.2) × 105 5.7 ± 0.3 −15.3 ± 0.5 6.3 ± 0.2 9.9 ± 0.2
TEMPO + TEMPO-He 4.7 ± 1.0 3.8 ± 0.4 −43 ± 2 4.4 ± 0.4 3.8 ± 0.2
TEMPO + TEMPO-De 0.20 ± 0.04 5.1 ± 0.4 −44 ± 2 5.7 ± 0.4 3.5 ± 0.2
a

In MeCN at 298 K.

b

kcal mol−1.

c

cal mol K−1.

d

Calculated from the Marcus cross relation.

e

Refs. 18 and 32.