Observación directa de las reacciones de superficie en el parámetro de impacto cero

Matthew J Timm1, Lydie Leung1, John C Polanyi1

  • 1Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.

Resumen

Las moléculas CF2 dirigidas que chocan con moléculas CF3 estacionarias exhiben una vía de reacción lineal. Esta direccionalidad conservada da como resultado una reacción en cadena, que demuestra un movimiento molecular predecible en colisiones reactivas.

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