Abstract
The critical characteristic of ground state dioxygen is that it is a triplet instead of a singlet state. This fact contributes to the kinetic barrier in reactions with ground-state dioxygen and also influences the type of reactions that do occur.
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Ingraham, L.L., Meyer, D.L. (1985). Ground-State Dioxygen. In: Biochemistry of Dioxygen. Biochemistry of the Elements, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2475-1_2
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