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Direct conflict of Marcus theory with the law of conservation of energy
Author(s) -
Zhu XiaoQing,
Yang JinDong
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of physical organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1395
pISSN - 0894-3230
DOI - 10.1002/poc.3078
Subject(s) - marcus theory , chemistry , conservation law , conservation of energy , computational chemistry , kinetics , thermodynamics , classical mechanics , reaction rate constant , physics , quantum mechanics
Marcus theory is a well‐known kinetic theory developed by Rudolph A. Marcus in 1956 for outer sphere electron transfer reactions according to the solvent polarization, which has been extensively used to describe the kinetics of various chemical reactions. However, when Marcus theory was examined with scientific principles, it is found that Marcus theory directly conflicts with the law of conservation of energy. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.