title: Reaction Rate Maxima at Large Distances between Reactants.
abstract: One commonly thinks that two reactants need to come very close to one another in order for a chemical reaction to occur. This is true for most reaction types, but electron transfer is an exception in this regard. It is a well-documented fact that electron transfers can occur over long distances (≥15 Å), but it is much less well-known that theory predicts a regime in which electron transfer rates in crease with increasing distance between reactants. This contribution explains the physical origin of this counter-intuitive behavior, and it identifies a set of conditions that might facilitate its experimental observation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuss-Petermann
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland. oliver.wenger@unibas.ch.
authors.forename: Oliver S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Wenger