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<p>We present a fundamental description of the electron transfer (ET) step from substituted oligo(p-phenylene) (OPP) radical anions to CO2, with the larger goal of assessing
the viability of underexplored, organic photoredox routes for utilization of anthropogenic CO2. This work varies the electrophilicity of para-substituents to OPP and
probes the dependence of rate coefficients and interfragment interactions on the substituent Hammett parameter, σp, using… Show more
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