Elephants in the Room, Part 1: Protons in Redox Reactions

Chemical Education

Authors

  • Alan F. Williams Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH–1211 Geneva 4;, Email: Alan.Williams@unige.ch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2021.108

Keywords:

Proton-coupled electron transfer, Oxidation, Reduction

Abstract

Many oxidation and reduction reactions involve transfer of both electrons and protons. It is shown how this arises and how the energetics may be understood.

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Published

2021-02-28