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Reaction Paths and Reactivity¶

NEB Transition State

These examples focus on preparing reaction coordinates, running NEB or transition-state workflows, and automating common reactivity studies.

  • Nudged Elastic Band (NEB) for gasphase reaction with DFTB
  • Transition State: Initial guess from PESScan
  • Automated Transition-State Workflow for a Diels-Alder Addition
  • Reaction Discovery with ReaxFF
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