EQUILIBRATION IN REVERSIBLE BIMOLECULAR REACTIONS

Fast reversible pseudo-unimolecular reactions do not approach equilibr ium in the simple exponential fashion predicted by chemical rate equat ions. Many body effects in bimolecular reactions have been revealed in an extensive series of Brownian simulations, showing up to three dist inct phases in the approach to equilibrium. Recent theoretical develop ments are compared with the simulation as well as with experimental da ta concerning the pH effect in excited-state proton transfer to solven t.