title: A classical but new kinetic equation for hydride transfer reactions.
abstract: A classical but new kinetic equation to estimate activation energies of various hydride transfer reactions was developed according to transition state theory using the Morse-type free energy curves of hydride donors to release a hydride anion and hydride acceptors to capture a hydride anion and by which the activation energies of 187 typical hydride self-exchange reactions and more than thirty thousand hydride cross transfer reactions in acetonitrile were safely estimated in this work. Since the development of the kinetic equation is only on the basis of the related chemical bond changes of the hydride transfer reactants, the kinetic equation should be also suitable for proton transfer reactions, hydrogen atom transfer reactions and all the other chemical reactions involved with breaking and formation of chemical bonds. One of the most important contributions of this work is to have achieved the perfect unity of the kinetic equation and thermodynamic equation for hydride transfer reactions.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. xqzhu@nankai.edu.cn
authors.forename: Xiao-Qing
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Fei-Huang
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Jin-Dong
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiu-Tao
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Nan-Ping
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Fan-Kun
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Xiao-Peng
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Su-Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Er-Jun
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Yuan-Yuan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Mu
mesh_terms: D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry; D011522:Protons; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011522:Protons; D006859:Hydrogen