Monitoring the Microscopic Molecular Mechanisms of Proton Transfer in Acid‐base Reactions in Aqueous Solutions. Issue 11 (20th November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pines, Dina; Nibbering, Erik T. J.; Pines, Ehud
• Is Part Of: Israel journal of chemistry. Volume 55:Issue 11/12(2015)
• Page Start: 1240
• Page End: 1251
• Publication Date: 2015-11-20
• Subjects: acid‐base reactions -- diffusion‐assisted reactions -- Eigen cation -- photochemistry -- proton transport; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201500057
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-2148

Abstract

Abstract: This article provides a review of the authors' collaborative work on acid‐base reactions under conditions allowing direct observation of mechanistic details of the proton transfer within reactive complexes of OH groups and the bases RCOO − (R=organic residues) in diffusion‐assisted neutralization reactions by using time‐resolved UV/Vis emission and IR absorption spectroscopy. We discuss the considerable insight gained by these experiments and outline the current status of the field. Abstract :