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The OH + HBr → H2O + Br reaction, prototypical of halogen-atom liberating processes relevant to mechanisms for atmospheric ozone destruction, attracted frequent attention of experimental chemical kinetics: the nature of the unusual reactivity drop from low to high temperatures eluded a variety of theoretical efforts, ranking this one among the most studied four-atom reactions. Here, inspired by oriented molecular-beams experiments, we develop a first-principles stereodynamical approach. Thermalized sets of trajectories, evolving on a multidimensional potential energy surface quantum mechanically generated on-the-fly, provide a map of most visited regions at each temperature. Visualizations of rearrangements of bonds along trajectories and of the role of specific angles of reactants' mutual approach elucidate the mechanistic change from the low kinetic energy regime (where incident reactants reorient to find the propitious alignment leading to reaction) to high temperature (where speed hinders adjustment of directionality and roaming delays reactivity).

[a] Dedicated to our friend and colleague Luiz Manoel Aleixo in memoriam

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O presente trabalho descreve as atividades antibacterianas e antifúngicas de diversas chalconas obtidas diretamente através da condensação aldólica tipo Claisen-Schmidt das quais se determinou a concentração inibitória mínima frente a diferentes microrganismos (bactérias Gram-positivas e Gram-negativas e fungos). Estruturas no estado sólido cristalino de sete chalconas foram determinadas por análise de difração de raios X (XRD). Estudos quimiométricos foram realizados com intuito de identificar uma potencial relação entre estrutura e atividade.The present work describes the antibacterial and antifungal activities of several chalcones obtained by a straight Claisen-Schmidt aldol condensation determined by the minimal inhibitory concentration against different microorganisms (Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and fungi). Solid state crystal structures of seven chalcones were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Chemometric studies were carried out in order to identify a potential structureactivity relationship.