Abstract
The role of the dynamic solvent friction in influencing the rates of chemical reactions in solution is described. Features considered include (a) the bias of the reaction coordinate toward a direction of lesser friction in the diffusive limit, (b) the importance of frequency-dependent friction in atom transfers, tunneling reactions and isomerizations, (c) the dynamic nonequilibrium solvation in charge transfers which leads to a polar solvent molecule reorientation time dependence for the rate, and (d)the importance of internal degrees of freedom in the location of the Kramers turnover for isomerizations.
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