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Chemistry Physical","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Multi-mode quantum rate theory is used to examine the interfacial kine
tics of a prototypical organic-radical-generating reaction: the reduct
ion of the 4-cyano-N-methylpyridinium cation. Charge-transfer-enhanced
Raman scattering experiments (R. L. Blackbourn, et al., J. Phys. Chem
., 1991, 95, 10535) previously showed that 13 vibrational modes are co
upled to the reduction process. From a time-dependent analysis of the
scattering spectrum, precise coordinate displacement and reorganizatio
nal parameters for each of the modes have now been determined. These p
arameters, when incorporated into the rate theory, have yielded an ext
remely detailed-perhaps unprecedented-description of electrochemical r
eaction kinetics, including complete descriptions of: (a) mode-specifi
c barrier effects, (b) mode-specific tunnelling effects, (c) non-class
ical activation effects and (d) sum-over states driving force effects.