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Science 26 January 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5811, pp. 470 - 471
DOI: 10.1126/science.1138496
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CHEMISTRY:
Single-Molecule Catalysis

Ian Smith

A single water molecule can act as a catalyst in a gas-phase reaction by forming a complex with a reactant that reacts faster than the "bare" reactant.

The author is in the University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK. E-mail: i.w.m.smith{at}bham.ac.uk

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