Energized

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A number of different experimental methods may be used to energize the unimolecular reactant A. For example, energization can take place by the potential energy release in chemical reaction, i.e. 

Extensive discussions of procedures for energizing molecules are given elsewhere [5],... 

RRKM theory assumes a microcanonical ensemble of A vibrational/rotational states within the energy interval E E + dE, so that each of these states is populated statistically with an equal probability [4]. This assumption of a microcanonical distribution means that the unimolecular rate constant for A only depends on energy, and not on the maimer in which A is energized. If N(0) is the number of A molecules excited at / =... 

This equation results from the assumption that the actual reaction step in themial reaction systems can happen only in molecules (or collision pairs) with an energy exceeding some tlireshold energy Eq which is close, in general, to the Arrhenius activation energy defined by equation (A3.13.3). Radiative energization is at the basis of classical photochemistry (see e.g. [4, 3 and 7] and chapter B2.5) and historically has had an interesting sideline in the radiation... 

In a systematic search there is a defined endpoint to the procedure, which is reached whe all possible combinations of bond rotations have been considered. In a random search, ther is no natural endpoint one can never be absolutely sure that all of the minimum energ conformations have been found. The usual strategy is to generate conformations until n new structures can be obtained. This usually requires each structure to be generate many times and so the random methods inevitably explore each region of the conformc tional space a large number of times. 

Other attempts to predict free energies from a single simulation have explored the relati ship between the coupling parameter. A, and the free energy. Specifically, the free energ ... 

Two important contributions to the study of solvation effects were made by Bom (in 192( and Onsager (in 1936). Bom derived the electrostatic component of the free energ) c solvation for placing a charge within a spherical solvent cavity [Bom 1920], and Onsagi extended this to a dipole in a spherical cavity (Figure 11.21) [Onsager 1936]. In the Bor... 

Simmerling C, T Fox and P A Kollman 1998. Use of LocaUy Enhanced Sampling in Free Energ Calculations Testing and Application to the o —> /3 Anomerisation of Glucose. Journal of tl American Chemical Society 120 5771-5782. 

A reaction carried out by Haruki et al. is the energic oxidation of 5-(l-hydroxyethyl)2-phenylthiazole (5) in dioxane by aqueous Kl-iodine to give 2-phenyl-5-thiazolecarboxylic acid (6) (Scheme 2) (28). 

The interacting electrons are energized by acceleration in an electric field before they interact with molecules to produce ions. 

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