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Investigating a reactive chemical system with automated reaction network exploration algorithms provides a more detailed picture of its chemical mechanism than what would be accessible by manual investigation. In general, exploration…
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Quantum mechanical methods have been devised for the elucidation and clarification of reaction paths of chemical processes over decades. While they are typically deployed in routine calculations on systems for which some insights have…
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