Ground-State Dioxygen

  • Llyod L. Ingraham
  • Damon L. Meyer
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Part of the Biochemistry of the Elements book series (BOTE, volume 4)

Abstract

The critical characteristic of ground state dioxygen is that it is a triplet instead of a singlet state. This fact contributes to the kinetic barrier in reactions with ground-state dioxygen and also influences the type of reactions that do occur.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Llyod L. Ingraham
    • 1
  • Damon L. Meyer
    • 1
  1. 1.University of California, DavisDavisUSA

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