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IN discussing reactions involving the superoxide anion O2−, it is generally considered that the radical itself or singlet oxygen generated from O2− is harmful to molecules of biological importance1,2. Since the demonstration that singlet oxygen participates in reactions is technically difficult, conclusions about its effects are rather speculative. I show here, on thermo-dynamic grounds, in which reactions singlet oxygen can be formed from O2− and in which reactions this is improbable.
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KOPPENOL, W. Reactions involving singlet oxygen and the superoxide anion. Nature 262, 420–421 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/262420a0
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