Abstract
The recombination after flash photolysis of carbon monoxide (CO) to protoheme (PH) in glycerol: water is studied over ten decades in time (1 ps to 10 ms). The rebinding consists of an initial nonexponential geminate phase followed by a slower exponential bimolecular phase. The entire time course of this reaction between 260 and 300 K can be explained in a unified way using a simple, analytically tractable diffusion model involving just three parameters: the relative diffusion constant, the contact radius, and the intrinsic rate of reaction at contact.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 8771-8776 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | The Journal of Chemical Physics |
Volume | 93 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry