Vibrationally Quantum-State–Specific Reaction Dynamics of H Atom Abstraction by CN Radical in Solution

• DOI: 10.1126/science.1197796
• Publication Date: 2011-02-04T03:55:30Z
• Authors: Stuart J. Greaves; Rebecca A. Rose; Thomas A. A. Oliver; David R. Glowacki; Michael N. R. Ash...; Jeremy N. Harvey; Ian P. Clark; Gregory M. Greetham; Anthony W. Parker; Michael Towrie; Andrew J. Orr-Ewing
• Keywords: Chemical Phenomena; Free Radicals; Spectrophotometry, Infrared; Chemical; 540; 530; 01 natural sciences; Physicochemical Processes; Solutions; Kinetics; Models, Chemical; Models; Spectrophotometry; Cyclohexanes; Hydrogen Cyanide; 0103 physical sciences; Solvents; Infrared; Hydrogen

Molecular vibrations in a solution-phase reaction are detected at a level of detail rivaling that of gas-phase studies.