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We have obtained the component rates for “direct” and “indirect” transfer of an electron in a donor-intermediate unit-acceptor system located in a condensed medium using a formula determined from solving the time-dependent wave equation by the variational method. The time-dependent wave function was specified as a linear combination of ψ functions corresponding to localization of the electron in the component parts of the system.
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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 524–532, September–October 1986.
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Zasukha, V.A. Electron transfer theory in systems with an intermediate unit according to a bridge mechanism. Theor Exp Chem 22, 500–509 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00522534
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