This document discusses the emergence of chemical dynamics as a new level of understanding chemical kinetics. It summarizes the three levels of understanding chemical kinetics - qualitative description focusing on substances and reactions, quantitative identification of elementary reaction steps and rate factors, and the new level of studying intimate molecular dynamics of individual reactive collisions using techniques like molecular beam scattering. It provides historical context, noting that chemical dynamics emerged in the past 30 years, building on transition state theory and other ideas from the prior quantitative level, and has revolutionized understanding of reaction mechanisms through experiments and simulations.

Molecular Dynamics of Elementary Chemical Reactions: Substances: What Products Are Obtained From What Reagents PDF

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