Oxygenations are highly exergonic, yet combustion of organic matter is not spontaneous in an atmosphere that is 21% O<sub>2</sub>. Electrons are fermions with a quantum spin number<em> s</em> o...Oxygenations are highly exergonic, yet combustion of organic matter is not spontaneous in an atmosphere that is 21% O<sub>2</sub>. Electrons are fermions with a quantum spin number<em> s</em> of 1/2<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><em><span style="white-space:nowrap;">ħ</span></em></span>. An orbital containing a single electron with <em>s</em> = 1/2 is fermionic. Orbitals can contain a maximum of two electrons with antiparallel spins,<em> i.e.</em>, spin magnetic quantum numbers <em>m</em><sub><em>s</em></sub> of 1/2 and -1/2. An orbital filled by an electron couple has <em>s</em> = 0 and bosonic character. The multiplicity of a reactant is defined as |2(<em>S</em>)| + 1 where <em>S</em> is the total spin quantum number. The Wigner spin conservation rules state that multiplicity is conserved. The transmission coefficient <em>κ</em> of absolute reaction rate theory also indicates the necessity for spin conservation. Burning is fermionic combustion that occurs when sufficient energy is applied to a bosonic molecule to cause homolytic bond cleavage yielding fermionic products capable of reaction with the bifermionic frontier orbitals of triplet multiplicity O<sub>2</sub>. Neutrophil leucocytes kill microorganisms by bosonic combustion and employ two mechanisms for changing the multiplicity of O<sub>2</sub> from triplet to singlet. Microorganisms, composed of bosonic singlet multiplicity molecules, do not directly react with bifermionic O<sub>2</sub>, but are highly susceptible to electrophilic attack by bosonic electronically excited singlet molecular oxygen (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><sup>1</sup>O<sub>2</sub><sup style="margin-left:-10px;">*</sup></span><span style="font-size:10px;white-space:nowrap;">).</span> Hydride ion (H<sup>-</sup>) transfer is the common mode of cytoplasmic redox metabolism. Bosonic transfer of an orbital electron couple protects from damage by obviating fermionic reaction with bifermionic O<sub>2</sub>. Bosonic coupled electron transfer raises the consideration that quantum 展开更多
文摘Oxygenations are highly exergonic, yet combustion of organic matter is not spontaneous in an atmosphere that is 21% O<sub>2</sub>. Electrons are fermions with a quantum spin number<em> s</em> of 1/2<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><em><span style="white-space:nowrap;">ħ</span></em></span>. An orbital containing a single electron with <em>s</em> = 1/2 is fermionic. Orbitals can contain a maximum of two electrons with antiparallel spins,<em> i.e.</em>, spin magnetic quantum numbers <em>m</em><sub><em>s</em></sub> of 1/2 and -1/2. An orbital filled by an electron couple has <em>s</em> = 0 and bosonic character. The multiplicity of a reactant is defined as |2(<em>S</em>)| + 1 where <em>S</em> is the total spin quantum number. The Wigner spin conservation rules state that multiplicity is conserved. The transmission coefficient <em>κ</em> of absolute reaction rate theory also indicates the necessity for spin conservation. Burning is fermionic combustion that occurs when sufficient energy is applied to a bosonic molecule to cause homolytic bond cleavage yielding fermionic products capable of reaction with the bifermionic frontier orbitals of triplet multiplicity O<sub>2</sub>. Neutrophil leucocytes kill microorganisms by bosonic combustion and employ two mechanisms for changing the multiplicity of O<sub>2</sub> from triplet to singlet. Microorganisms, composed of bosonic singlet multiplicity molecules, do not directly react with bifermionic O<sub>2</sub>, but are highly susceptible to electrophilic attack by bosonic electronically excited singlet molecular oxygen (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><sup>1</sup>O<sub>2</sub><sup style="margin-left:-10px;">*</sup></span><span style="font-size:10px;white-space:nowrap;">).</span> Hydride ion (H<sup>-</sup>) transfer is the common mode of cytoplasmic redox metabolism. Bosonic transfer of an orbital electron couple protects from damage by obviating fermionic reaction with bifermionic O<sub>2</sub>. Bosonic coupled electron transfer raises the consideration that quantum
