Figure 14. Minimum free-energy profile and atomic contributions for the isomerization of β-D mannose, using a string with reduced dimensionality.

Atomic contributions are indicated with colors. The coloring scheme is the same as in Fig. 11B. The first image corresponds to the ${}^{4}C_1$ state and the last one corresponds to the ${}^{1}C_4$ state. For comparison, the free-energy profile obtained with the high-dimensional string (Fig. 11B) is shown in grey.