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Science 15 May 1992:
Vol. 256. no. 5059, pp. 975 - 981
DOI: 10.1126/science.256.5059.975
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Vibrational Modes and the Dynamic Solvent Effect in Electron and Proton Transfer

Paul F. Barbara 1, Gilbert C. Walker 1, and Terrance P. Smith 2

1 Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
2 Graphic Research Laboratory of 3M, St. Paul, MN 55133

This article primarily reviews recent work on ultrafast experiments on excited state intramolecular electron and proton transfer, with an emphasis on experiments on chemical systems that have been analyzed theoretically. In particular, those systems that have been quantitatively characterized by static spectroscopy, which provides detailed information about the reaction potential energy surface and about other parameters that are necessary to make a direct comparison to theoretical predictions, are described.

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