Snapshots of Chemical Reactants, Intermediates and Products (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Snapshots of Chemical Reactants, Intermediates and Products

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An atomic force microscope was able to take a snapshot of the atoms before and after the reaction, but also found two supposedly short-lived intermediates (center) in this reaction of two enediyne molecules.

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