From: Eduardo Tejera (edutp00_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Sep 27 2007 - 15:09:41 CDT
Hi
I think that both opinions are correct. In a first approach the transition state is an extremely unstable structure of maximal energy that is formed between any pair of molecular states (one molecule in two different forms (like descomposition) or two different molecules) in one elementary kinetic step (one of several) and is perflectly possible that the final structure in the elemental kinetic step will be an intermediary structure of the global reacction. One of the characteristic of intermediate species is that it is present in several (minimal two) elemental kinetic steps in order to disappear in the global reaction however this is not applied to the "transition structure".
The energy diagram showed by Richard correspond to an elementary step however the intermediary concept of Christopher I think that considerer the global reaction (like iodine forms in the BZ reaction).
Best
Eduardo
Christopher Harrison <char_at_ks.uiuc.edu> escribió:
Raymond is correct. The classical definition of an intermediate is a short-lived, experimentally observable species that is at a local minimum on the potential energy surface (PES) between transition states. A transition state structure must be a first order saddle point on the PES where the single negative frequency corresponds to the mode of motion describing the collective coordinate change. A transient structure that possesses any negative frequencies is not defined as an "intermediate."
Chris
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On Sep 27, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Richard Wood wrote:
Then I learned different kinetics.
What about A + B ------------->C?
|
| T1
| _
| / \
FE|\ / \
| \_/ \
| \_
| A+B C
|
|
|
|-------------------------->
Reaction pathway
Now, T1 is an intermediate and a transition state.
Richard
Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
University of Minnesota
Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry,
College of Pharmacy
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Minneapolis, MN 55414-2959
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----- Original Message ----
From: Raymond C. Fort Jr. <rcfort_at_maine.edu>
To: Richard Wood <rwoodphd_at_yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:39:26 AM
Subject: Re: namd-l: Determining Transition State from an Unfolding Simulation
At 08:34 AM 9/27/2007, you wrote:
>Isn't an "intermediate" by definition a "transition state"? That's
>how I learned reaction kinetics.
>
>Richard
No. An intermediate is a minimum on the potential energy surface; a
transition state is a first order saddle point.
>Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
>University of Minnesota
>Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry,
>College of Pharmacy
>717 Delaware St. SE
>Minneapolis, MN 55414-2959
>rwoodphd_at_yahoo.com
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: paco ty <typaco_at_inbox.com>
>To: namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:35:14 AM
>Subject: namd-l: Determining Transition State from an Unfolding Simulation
>
>I think Richard by "transition state" means more an "intermediate".
>
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