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1 Spectroscopic Characterization of Isomerization Transition States
1D MEIP picture (fancy, somehow) Joshua H. Baraban, P. Bryan Changala, Georg Ch. Mellau, John F. Stanton, Anthony J. Merer, and Robert W. Field

2 S1 C2H2 cis-trans J. H. Baraban, P. B. Changala, G. Ch. Mellau, J. F. Stanton, A. J. Merer, and R. W. Field. Science, 350(6266):1338–1342, 2015.

3 Excitation in v3 distorts bending polyads
Steeves et. al., J. Mol. Spec., 256, 256, 2009.

4 Quasilinearity Model is a Gaussian bump in a harmonic well, cylindrically symmetric ωeff “dips” at the barrier energy Levels with K≠0 dip less because they avoid the linear geometry Mention HCP work by Child and Jacobson R. N. Dixon. Trans. Faraday Soc., 60:1363–1368, 1964.

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6 Long Range Regimes Harmonic Oscillator LeRoy-Bernstein
Morse Oscillator Double Minimum

7 Barrier Height ETS= 5091 ± 33 cm-1 EOM-CCSDTQ/ANO1: 5105 cm-1
J. H. Baraban, D. A. Matthews, and J. F. Stanton. JCP, 144(11):111102, 2016.

8 Spectator Modes

9 S0 HCN - HNC

10 Transition State Information
Quadratic Fit vs. 𝓁: 11.1 ± 0.9 cm-1 Ab initio TS geometry: 12.2 cm-1

11 Transition State Theory

12 Transition State Theory
Chemistry 101 Reaction Coordinate Transition State Theory “Throughout the 20th century it was a cornerstone of mechanistic analysis that we could never “see” a transition state we remain in the classical situation in which it is experimentally impossible to characterize a transition state.” Anslyn & Dougherty, Modern Physical Organic Chemistry, 2004.

13 Acknowledgements Field Group Members: Collaborators: Bob Field
Bryan Changala Annelise Beck Julia Berk Dr. Adam Steeves Dr. Hans Bechtel Collaborators: Dr. G. Ch. Mellau Prof. J. F. Stanton Prof. A. J. Merer Dr. J. T. Hougen Prof. A. G. Suits Dr. D. A. Matthews Funding DOE NSF GRFP Humboldt Foundation Tony Colombo Prof. Wilton Virgo Barratt Park Dr. Kyle Bittinger Rachel Shaver Monika Ciuba David Grimes Dr. Vladimir Petrovic Yan Zhou Jun Jiang Dr. Kirill Kuyanov Peter Richter Dr. Steve Coy

14 Effect of Barrier Shape


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