For
coumarin–aliphatic amine (AlA) systems, electron transfer (ET) rates in
Triton X-100 micelle show Marcus inversion, but at an exergonicity
(~0.5 eV) somewhat lower than that observed earlier for
coumarin–aromatic amine (ArA) systems (~0.7 eV). This is attributed to
lower solvent reorganization energy involving AlA’s as the donor than
with ArA’s. Present results in conjunction with our earlier results
suggest that appearance of Marcus inversion for micellar ET reactions is
a general phenomenon and is rationalized on the basis of
two-dimensional ET model.