KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF PHOTO‐INDUCED METHYL VIOLOGEN REDUCTION WITH ZINC‐MESO‐TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRINTRISULFONIC ACID AND HYDROGEN EVOLUTION FROM WATER HYDROGENASE

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Abstract— The formation of the cation radical of methyl viologen was established when an aqueous solution containing zinc‐meso‐tetraphenylporphyrintrisulfonic acid, methyl viologen and mercaptoethanol was irradiated by visible light. The reduction of methyl viologen has been studied kinetically and the reduction rate expressed as followswhere [Zn]0 is the total amount of zinc compounds in the system.On the basis of the rate expression, the reaction mechanism is discussed.On the addition of hydrogenase to the above photoirradiation system, hydrogen evolution was observed by both the irradiation of sunlight and a tungsten lamp.
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