In chemical reactions, molecules transform from reactants into reaction products through a critical geometry called a transition state that lasts less than one millionth of one millionth of a second.

a molecule of carbon dioxide is pretty much straight versus a molecule of water is bent why the difference and more importantly is there a way to predict what the shape looks like in three dimensions ...

Sponsored by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Geometry is at the heart of chemistry, and in the work of Omar M. Yaghi, this year's winner, the marriage of chemical form and function is blatant and ...