Minimum energy path single-product channels

In most cases, the observables measured in the study of a chemical reaction are interpreted under the following (often valid) assumptions (1) each product channel observed corresponds to one path on the PES, (2) reactions follow the minimum energy path (MEP) to each product channel, and (3) the reactive flux passes over a single, well-defined transition state. In all of the reactions discussed in this chapter, at least one, and sometimes all of these assumptions, are invalid. 

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