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There is a long history of gas-phase studies of bimolecular reactions, but the presence of surrounding molecules complicates analogous studies in solution. Now, advances in ultrafast laser technology have enabled the detailed study of vibrational energy release in a reaction in solution.

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Figure 1: Schematic plots of energy along the reaction coordinate for the reaction of an alkane with CN.

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