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Water Dissociation in the Presence of Metal Ions
Author(s) -
Coskuner Orkid,
Jarvis Emily A. A.,
Allison Thomas C.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200701617
Subject(s) - dissociation (chemistry) , ion , mechanism (biology) , metal , chemistry , metal ions in aqueous solution , key (lock) , chemical physics , computer science , physics , organic chemistry , computer security , quantum mechanics
With or without the metal : Recently, the Grotthuss mechanism of proton transfer in water has been described in detail. A similar mechanism has been found in the vicinity of transition‐metal ions, which leads to the formation of Zundel and Eigen complexes (see picture).