Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer from Tyrosine in a Tyrosine-Ruthenium-tris-Bipyridine Complex: Comparison with TyrosineZ Oxidation in Photosystem II
The pH- and the temperature dependence of the rate constant for electron transfer from tyrosine to ruthenium in Ru(II)(bpy)2(4-Me-4'CONH-L-tyrosine etyl ester-2,2'-bpy) 2PF6 was investigated using flash photolysis. At a pH below the tyrosine pKa 10 the rate constant increased monotonically with pH. This increase was consistent with a concerted electron transfer/deprotonation mechanism. Also indica
