Direct observation of knock-on reaction with umbrella inversion arising from zero-impact-parameter collision at a surface

oleh: Matthew J. Timm, Lydie Leung, Kelvin Anggara, John C. Polanyi

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01

Deskripsi

Collision geometries are hard to control, making transition states in chemical reaction hard to study. Here the authors show that a linear transition state leads to formation of reaction product ‘knocked-on’ along the continuation of the direction of reagent approach.