Electron Transfer：A Critical Link between Subdisciplines in Chemistry.pdf

Chemical Reviews ~ ~~ ~ Volume 92, Number 3 May 1992 Electron Transfer: A Critical Link between Subdisciplines in Chemistry Electron transfer, one of the simplest of chemical Besides the contributions in this issue, this area has events, profoundly affects chemical reactivity by in- been reviewed with increasing frequency, reflecting its verting normal electron densities in an electron do- importance. Therefore, as a pedagogical aid, we also nor-acceptor pair, thus activating previously inacces- offer the following list of other reviews covering this sible reaction modes. To the extent that most energy, area which have recently appeared in previous Chemical and all life, on earth derive ultimately from photosyn- Reviews issues or topical monograph series. thesis, our very existence depends on this fundamental Some recent relevant reviews published in Chemical process. It is hardly surprising, then, that examples of Reviews in which electron transfer is a principal thrust electron-transfer activation abound within every sub- are as follows: discipline of science. It is virtually impossible to peruse Julliard, M.; Chanon, M. Photoelectron Transfer either general or specialized scientific journals without Catalysis: Its Connections with Thermal and encountering at least one or two articles dealing with ElectrochemicalAnalogues. Chem. Rev. 1983,83, the topic. Thisvery div