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ELECTRON-TRANSFER PROCESSES

INNER-SPHERE MECHANISM
Bridge formation

Electron transfer

Bridge cleavage
Rate-determining step
OUTER-SPHERE MECHANISM
Pairs of low-spin complexes  similar M-L bond length in GS

t2g6 t2g5

High-spin and low-spin  difference M-L bond length

t2g5 eg2 t2g6


Marcus-Hush theory

If the calculated value of k12 agrees w/ experimental data


strong evidence that the cross-reaction proceeds by
an outer-sphere mechanism

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