title: Electrode potentials of partially reduced oxygen species, from dioxygen to water.
abstract: We use published Gibbs energies of formation and equilibrium constants to determine electrode potentials for the partially reduced intermediates along the pathway of reduction of dioxygen to water, as well as of ozone and singlet dioxygen. The results are summarized in an oxidation state (Frost) diagram. Our review of the literature on electrode potentials leads us to revise values for the O(2)/O(2)(*-) couple to E degrees (O(2g)/O(2)(*-))=-0.35+/-0.02V and E degrees (O(2aq)/O(2)(*-))=-0.18+/-0.02V from -0.33 and -0.16V, respectively. Other electrode potentials (pH 7) for the radical species covered are E degrees '(O(3g)/O(3)(*-))=+0.91V, E degrees '(HO(2)(*), H(+)/H(2)O(2))=+1.05V, E degrees '(H(2)O(2), H(+)/HO(*), H(2)O)=+0.39V, and E degrees '(HO(*), H(+)/H(2)O)=+2.31V.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland. koppenol@inorg.chem.ethz.ch
authors.forename: Willem H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Koppenol
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Stanbury
authors.forename: Patricia L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Bounds
mesh_terms: D004566:Electrodes; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D006878:Hydroxides / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D006878:Hydroxides; D014867:Water; C031356:hydroxide ion; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D010100:Oxygen