Understanding the Hexanitrogen Molecule and Its Isolation
By
thomasjb
The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
The article discusses the unusual hexanitrogen molecule and questions why it can be isolated. It relates this topic to enzyme mechanisms and the energy of reaction transition states.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledI didn’t have time while writing that post to get into a key question about this species: why can it be isolated at all?
Since I’m sure everyone took notes, those who didn’t appreciate that the role of an enzyme is to lower the energy of a reaction’s transition state surely know it now.
But if you have not spent years steeping in these subjects like a forg
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