How an external electric field makes N2O a potent oxidizing agent.

The present work investigates the impact of the external electric field (EEF) on the oxidizing power of N 2 O, by employing kinetics and quantum chemical calculations. We have taken the oxidation of olefin (Ethene and cyclohexene) by N 2 O as a prototype to demonstrate the effectiveness of EEF. The investigation suggests that the reaction barrier is significantly reduced by choosing an electric field in an appropriate direction. Quantitatively, we found that the rate of EEF catalyzed reaction can be as high as ∼ 13 orders of magnitude compared to the bare reaction.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  ChemPlusChem

• Publication date

  2025-03-13

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1002/cplu.202500029PMID 40078111
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