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Oxidation Leading to Reduction: Redox‐Induced Electron Transfer (RIET)
Author(s) -
Miller Joel S.,
Min Kil Sik
Publication year - 2009
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.200705138
Subject(s) - redox , electron transfer , reduction (mathematics) , electron , chemistry , materials science , photochemistry , metallurgy , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , mathematics
Complex electron transfer reactions have been characterized whereby in addition to electron transfer, subsequent electrochemical, chemical and even in some cases biological consequences occur. These include a secondary electron transfer that leads to a major rearrangement of the electronic structure, such that an initial oxidation leads to a reduction (or an initial reduction leads to an oxidation) for these valence ambiguous compounds. Mixed valency and valence‐tautomeric behaviors can additionally result from these complex electron‐transfer‐induced reactions.