Chemistry Letters, Vol.29, No.3, 202-203, 2000
Evaluation of rate constant for electron transfer from C-60-anion radical to molecular oxygen by laser flash photolysis method
The rate constant for electron transfer from C-60-anion radical (C-60(.-)) to molecular oxygen was evaluated to be (3.7 +/- 0.2) x 10(2) mol(-1) dm(3) s(-1) in benzonitrile by following the concentration of the C-60(.-) by laser flash photolysis with a detector in the near-IR region for long time scale (> 0.1 s).