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The last decade has seen a renaissance in the study, both experimental and theoretical, of chemical reactions in solution1, 2. Naturally, a focus of these studies is the determination of the role of the solvent in affecting the rate constant for the chemical process. Here we attempt to give a very brief glimpse at some of the ideas and results that have emerged. We restrict the discussion exclusively to reactions in solution (and even then, to a very few topics). But it is likely that, at least in a general way, similar ideas should ultimately prove useful in the context of understanding enzyme catalysis rates.
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Hynes, J.T. (1989). The Role of the Environment in Chemical Reactions. In: Cooper, A., Houben, J.L., Chien, L.C. (eds) The Enzyme Catalysis Process. Progress in Mathematics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1607-8_19
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