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Superoxide Ion

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Biochemistry of Dioxygen

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One-electron reductions of dioxygen form superoxide ion, O —2 (Sawyer and Valentine, 1981). Although triplet dioxygen is a rather poor one-electron oxidant, superoxide ion is a strong one-electron oxidant if protons are available.

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Ingraham, L.L., Meyer, D.L. (1985). Superoxide Ion. In: Biochemistry of Dioxygen. Biochemistry of the Elements, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2475-1_4

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