Abstract

It has long been recognized that a better grasp of solution dynamics is essential to our understanding of chemical reactions in the liquid phase. A prime example of reaction dynamics is the so-called "cage" effect, where products of a fragmentation reaction cannot escape from one another because of collisions with solvent molecules. A more profound understanding of this phenomenon and other solvent dynamics, like solvation, remains a formidable challenge and is at the heart of physical chemistry.

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