Superoxide Does React with Peroxides: Direct Observation of the Haber-Weiss Reaction in the Gas Phase

Authors

Stephen J. Blanksby, University of WollongongFollow
G. B. Ellison, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
V. M. Bierbaum, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
S. Kato, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

RIS ID

22180

Publication Details

This article was originally published as Blanksby, SJ, Ellison, GB, Bierbaum, VM and Kato, S, Superoxide Does React with Peroxides: Direct Observation of the Haber-Weiss Reaction in the Gas Phase, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 46, 2007, 4948-4950.

Abstract

Reactions of superoxide with hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides are observed as efficient processes in the gas phase and yield products – including the ozonide anion – that are consistent with the one-electron reduction of the peroxide.