Evidence item

The primary study reports a sevenfold hydrogen/deuterium isotope effect supporting water-derived hydroxyl radicals as rate-limiting. MEASUREMENT

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Exact excerpt

Replacing H2O with D2O revealed a kinetic isotope effect (kH/kD = 7), confirming water-derived •OH formation as the rate-determining step.

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