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The Reaction Path Method for Chemical Reactions

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Methods in Reaction Dynamics

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The reaction path method is a selfcontained approximate theory which allows an analysis of complex chemical reactions and the calculation of state resolved reaction rate-constants using information on gradients and hessians of the nuclear potential energy surface.

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Billing, G.D. (2001). The Reaction Path Method for Chemical Reactions. In: Jakubetz, W. (eds) Methods in Reaction Dynamics. Lecture Notes in Chemistry, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56511-3_4

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