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We propose a versatile formula that describes action spectra for vibrationally mediated reactions of single molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope. Spectral fitting of the formula to CO hopping and the configurational change of the cis-2-butene molecule on Pd(110) enables us to determine the vibrational energy, reaction order, and transition rate associated with anharmonic coupling between the modes excited by tunneling electrons and the reaction-coordinate modes. The formula proposed here is general and easy to apply to any vibrationally mediated motion and reaction of single molecules.
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