Collision and Activated Complex Theories for Bimolecular Reactions

1961 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 588-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kang Yang ◽  
Taikyue Ree
Keyword(s):  
Bimolecular Reactions ◽  
Activated Complex

Bimolecular Reactions, Transition-State Theory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels Engholm Henriksen ◽  
Flemming Yssing Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Saddle Point ◽  
Transition State Theory ◽  
Classical Mechanics ◽  
Small Degree ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Reaction Coordinate ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Bimolecular Reactions ◽  
Activated Complex

This chapter discusses an approximate approach—transition-state theory—to the calculation of rate constants for bimolecular reactions. A reaction coordinate is identified from a normal-mode coordinate analysis of the activated complex, that is, the supermolecule on the saddle-point of the potential energy surface. Motion along this coordinate is treated by classical mechanics and recrossings of the saddle point from the product to the reactant side are neglected, leading to the result of conventional transition-state theory expressed in terms of relevant partition functions. Various alternative derivations are presented. Corrections that incorporate quantum mechanical tunnelling along the reaction coordinate are described. Tunnelling through an Eckart barrier is discussed and the approximate Wigner tunnelling correction factor is derived in the limit of a small degree of tunnelling. It concludes with applications of transition-state theory to, for example, the F + H2 reaction, and comparisons with results based on quasi-classical mechanics as well as exact quantum mechanics.

The Effect of p-Toluidine on the Two-Step Electroreduction of Zn(II) in Water-Methanol and Water-Dimethylformamide

1999 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Marczewska
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Binary Mixtures ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Electrode Surface ◽  
Mercury Electrode ◽  
Forward Rate ◽  
Solvent Molecules ◽  
Activated Complex

The acceleration effect of p-toluidine on the electroreduction of Zn(II) on the mercury electrode surface in binary mixtures water-methanol and water-dimethylformamide is discussed. The obtained apparent and true forward rate constants of Zn(II) reduction indicate that the rate constant of the first electron transfer increases in the presence of p-toluidine. The acceleration effect may probably be accounted for by the concept of the formation on the mercury electrode an activated complex, presumably composed of p-toluidine and solvent molecules.

Brownian dynamics simulation of diffusion‐influenced bimolecular reactions

1984 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 1517-1524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott H. Northrup ◽  
Stuart A. Allison ◽  
J. Andrew McCammon
Keyword(s):  
Brownian Dynamics ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Brownian Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Bimolecular Reactions
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