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DOI: 10.1039/A904641K (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1999, 1501-1502

Resolution of coupled electron transfer–ion transfer processes at liquid/liquid interfaces by visualisation of interfacial concentration profiles

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Jie Zhang, Christopher J. Slevin and Patrick R. Unwin

Abstract

A powerful approach for investigating heterogeneous electron transfer (ET) reactions at liquid/liquid (oil/water) interfaces is described and illustrated with studies of the reactions between IrCl62– or Fe(CN)63– in an aqueous phase and decamethylferrocene (DMFc) or ferrocene (Fc) in 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE).

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