Outer Sphere Electron Transfer
Outer sphere refers to an electron transfer (ET) event that occurs between chemical species that remain separate intact before, during, and after the ET event. In contrast, for inner sphere electron transfer the participating redox sites undergoing ET become connected by a chemical bridge. Because the ET in outer sphere electron transfer occurs between two non-connected species, the electron is forced to move through space from one redox center to the other.
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