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Reversibility of electrode reactions involving organic compounds

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A general empirical approach allowing one to describe the kinetics and evaluate the mechanism of the electrode electron transfer reactions is offered. The approach is based on the electrode potentials, the vertical ionization potentials (oxidation), and the affinity to electron (reduction). An equation linking kinetic and thermodynamic parameters is derived. Electrode reactions involving organic compounds are discussed in polarographic terms. The conclusion is drawn that most electron transfer reactions involving organic compounds are reversible, and that the irreversibility of the net electrode reaction is due to the irreversibility of subsequent chemical and electrochemical stages. An experimental observation of the slow electron transfer is possible in the cases of a substantial reorganization of molecules in the presence of fast subsequent chemical and electrochemical reactions.

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Yanilkin, V.V. Reversibility of electrode reactions involving organic compounds. Russ J Electrochem 36, 219–226 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02827963

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