Solvated molecular dynamics of LiCN isomerization: All-atom argon solvent versus a generalized Langevin bath

The reaction rate rises and falls with increasing density or friction when a molecule is activated by collisions with the solvent particles. This so-called Kramers turnover has recently been observed in the isomerization reaction of LiCN in an argon bath. In this paper, we demonstrate by direct comp...

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Published inThe Journal of chemical physics Vol. 144; no. 2; p. 024104
Main Authors Junginger, Andrej, Garcia-Muller, Pablo L, Borondo, F, Benito, R M, Hernandez, Rigoberto
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 14.01.2016
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Summary:The reaction rate rises and falls with increasing density or friction when a molecule is activated by collisions with the solvent particles. This so-called Kramers turnover has recently been observed in the isomerization reaction of LiCN in an argon bath. In this paper, we demonstrate by direct comparison with those results that a reduced-dimensional (generalized) Langevin description gives rise to similar reaction dynamics as the corresponding (computationally expensive) full molecular dynamics calculations. We show that the density distributions within the Langevin description are in direct agreement with the full molecular dynamics results and that the turnover in the reaction rates is reproduced qualitatively and quantitatively at different temperatures.
ISSN:1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.4939480