Question

what is quantum tunneling and has there been an experiment to produce tunneling in organic chemistry?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v5/n9/full/nchem.1692.html

Answer 3

“Chemical reactions get slower as temperatures decrease, as there is less energy to get over the ‘reaction barrier.’ But quantum mechanics tells us that it is possible to cheat and dig through this barrier instead of going over it. This is called ‘quantum tunneling,’” says Heard.

Answer 4

http://scitechdaily.com/quantum-tunneling-allows-impossible-chemical-reactions-occur-space/

Answer 5

Quantum tunneling is essential the ability of a particle to ignore an energy barrier, there is a thing called scanning tunneling spectroscopy, there is also an enzymatic reaction that occurs in our body that is enhanced by quantum tunneling

Answer 6

The sun also relies on quantum tunneling, it is why when we do fission reactions on earth we have to do it at temperatures hotter than the sun

Answer 7

A Scanning tunneling spectroscopy experiment would be a good example or the enzyme one which is pretty easy to find online

Answer 8

Don't you think that "barrier" needed to be clearly defined and whether or not all forms of barriers are indeed the same