Archive for February, 2014

Intersecting paths in molecular energy surfaces.

Sunday, February 16th, 2014

The potential energy surface for a molecule tells us about how it might react. These surfaces have been charted for thousands of reactions using quantum mechanics, and their basic features are thought to be well understood. Coming across an entirely new feature is rare. So what do you make of the following?

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A congruence of concepts: conformations, configurations, amides and enzymes

Sunday, February 9th, 2014

This is the time of year when I deliver two back-2-back lecture courses, and yes I do update and revise the content! I am always on the look-out for nice new examples that illustrate how concepts and patterns in chemistry can be joined up to tell a good story. My attention is currently on conformational analysis; and here is an interesting new story to tell about it.

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