Study of the Haber–Weiss reaction using a sensitive method for detection of OH radicals
Abstract
A sensitive technique has been employed to show that the rate constant of the reaction O2–+ H2O2→ OH + OH–+ O2 is less than 0·3 dm3 mol–1 s–1 in dilute aqueous solution, and hence that it cannot occur significantly in biological systems unless catalysed by some cellular agent.