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Li M, Wang P, Yu X, Su Y, Zhao J. Impact of Nuclear Quantum Effects on the Structural Properties of Protonated Water Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:5954-5962. [PMID: 39007820 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c03340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Nuclear quantum effects (NQEs) play a crucial role in hydrogen-bonded systems due to quantum tunneling and proton fluctuation. Our understanding of how NQEs affect microstructures mainly focuses on bulk phases of liquids and solids but remains deficient for water clusters, including their hydrogen nuclei, hydrogen-bonded configurations, and temperature dependence. Here, we conducted ab initio molecular dynamics (MD) and path integral MD simulations to investigate the influence of NQEs on the structural properties of protonated water clusters H+(H2O)n (n = 3, 6, 9, 12). The results reveal that the NQEs become less evident as the cluster size increases due to the competition between NQEs and electrostatic interactions. Simulations of several H+(H2O)6 isomers at different temperatures indicate that the effect of elevated temperature on proton transfer is related to the initial structure. Interestingly, the process of proton transfer also involves the interconversion between Zundel-type and Eigen-type isomers. These findings significantly deepen our understanding of ion-water and water-water interactions, opening new avenues for the study of hydrated ion clusters and related systems.
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- Mengxu Li
- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Dalian 116024, China
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- Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Structure and Fundamental Interactions of Matter, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Hütter M, Schöpfer G, Salzburger M, Beyer MK, Ončák M. Master equation modeling of water dissociation in small ionic water clusters: Ag +(H 2O) n , n = 4-6. RSC Adv 2024; 14:22185-22194. [PMID: 39005253 PMCID: PMC11244579 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra03518f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024] Open
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We model temperature-dependent blackbody infrared radiative dissociation (BIRD) rate coefficients of Ag+(H2O) n , n = 4-6, a system with loosely bound water molecules. We employ a master equation modeling (MEM) approach with consideration of absorption and emission of blackbody radiation, comparing single and multiple-well descriptions. The unimolecular dissociation rate coefficients are obtained using the Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theory, employing two approaches to model the sum of states in the transition state, the rigid activated complex (RAC) and the phase space limit (PSL) approach. A genetic algorithm is used to find structures of low-lying isomers for the kinetic modeling. We show that the multiple-well MEM approach with PSL RRKM in the All Wells and Transition States Are Relevant (AWATAR) variant provides a reliable description of Ag+(H2O) n BIRD, in agreement with previously published experimental data. Higher-lying isomers contribute significantly to the overall dissociation rate coefficient, underlying the importance of the multiple-well ansatz in which all isomers are treated on the same footing.
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- Michael Hütter
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck Technikerstraße 25 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck Technikerstraße 25 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck Technikerstraße 25 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck Technikerstraße 25 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck Technikerstraße 25 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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Luo Z, Shehzad A. Advances in Naked Metal Clusters for Catalysis. Chemphyschem 2024; 25:e202300715. [PMID: 38450926 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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The properties of sub-nano metal clusters are governed by quantum confinement and their large surface-to-bulk ratios, atomically precise compositions and geometric/electronic structures. Advances in metal clusters lead to new opportunities in diverse aspects of sciences including chemo-sensing, bio-imaging, photochemistry, and catalysis. Naked metal clusters having synergic multiple active sites and coordinative unsaturation and tunable stability/activity enable researchers to design atomically precise metal catalysts with tailored catalysis for different reactions. Here we summarize the progress of ligand-free naked metal clusters for catalytic applications. It is anticipated that this review helps to better understand the chemistry of small metal clusters and facilitates the design and development of new catalysts for potential applications.
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- Zhixun Luo
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Mabrouk N, Dhiflaoui J, Bejaoui M, Saidi S, Berriche H. Pairwise Model Potential and DFT Study of Li+Nen Clusters ( n = 1-20): The Structural, Electronic, and Thermodynamic Properties. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:41438-41450. [PMID: 37970048 PMCID: PMC10633865 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c05238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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The structural properties, relative stabilities, electronic, and thermodynamic properties, of Li+Nen (n = 1-20) clusters have been studied based on a pairwise model and density functional theory (DFT) methods. In the pairwise method, the potential energy surface considered interactions between Li+Ne, Ne - Ne, and many-body term. For the DFT calculations, the B3LYP functional combined with the 6-311 + + G (2d,2p) basis sets has been employed. In both methods, the Li+Ne6 cluster demonstrated high stability with an octahedral structure, where the Li+ cation was surrounded by Ne atoms. Thus, the octahedral Li+Ne6 structure was considered to be the core for larger cluster sizes. Relative stabilities were assessed based on binding energies, second-order differences of energies, transition dipole moment, and HOMO-LUMO energy gaps. Furthermore, thermodynamic properties were calculated, revealing that the formation process of Li+Nen clusters is endothermic and nonspontaneous.
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- Nesrine Mabrouk
- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Avenue de l’Environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Avenue de l’Environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Avenue de l’Environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Avenue de l’Environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
- Department
of Physics, College of Science and Humanities in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 16273, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Avenue de l’Environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
- Mathematics
and Physics Department, School of Arts and Sciences, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, Ras Al-Khaimah 10021, UAE
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Fielicke A. Probing the binding and activation of small molecules by gas-phase transition metal clusters via IR spectroscopy. Chem Soc Rev 2023. [PMID: 37162518 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00104g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Isolated transition metal clusters have been established as useful models for extended metal surfaces or deposited metal particles, to improve the understanding of their surface chemistry and of catalytic reactions. For this objective, an important milestone has been the development of experimental methods for the size-specific structural characterization of clusters and cluster complexes in the gas phase. This review focusses on the characterization of molecular ligands, their binding and activation by small transition metal clusters, using cluster-size specific infrared action spectroscopy. A comprehensive overview and a critical discussion of the experimental data available to date is provided, reaching from the initial results obtained using line-tuneable CO2 lasers to present-day studies applying infrared free electron lasers as well as other intense and broadly tuneable IR laser sources.
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- André Fielicke
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Ončák M, Siu C, van der Linde C, Kit Tang W, Beyer MK. Thermally Activated vs. Photochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reactions-A Tale of Three Metals. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202203590. [PMID: 36729049 PMCID: PMC10962578 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Molecular processes behind hydrogen evolution reactions can be quite complex. In macroscopic electrochemical cells, it is extremely difficult to elucidate and understand their mechanism. Gas phase models, consisting of a metal ion and a small number of water molecules, provide unique opportunities to understand the reaction pathways in great detail. Hydrogen evolution in clusters consisting of a singly charged metal ion and one to on the order of 50 water molecules has been studied extensively for magnesium, aluminum and vanadium. Such clusters with around 10-20 water molecules are known to eliminate atomic or molecular hydrogen upon mild activation by room temperature black-body radiation. Irradiation with ultraviolet light, by contrast, enables hydrogen evolution already with a single water molecule. Here, we analyze and compare the reaction mechanisms for hydrogen evolution on the ground state as well as excited state potential energy surfaces. Five distinct mechanisms for evolution of atomic or molecular hydrogen are identified and characterized.
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- Milan Ončák
- Universität InnsbruckInstitut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikTechnikerstraße 256020InnsbruckAustria
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- Department of ChemistryCity University of Hong Kong83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon TongHong Kong SARP. R. China
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- Universität InnsbruckInstitut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikTechnikerstraße 256020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institute of Research Management and Services (IPPP) Research and Innovation Management ComplexUniversity of MalayaKuala Lumpur50603Malaysia
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- Universität InnsbruckInstitut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikTechnikerstraße 256020InnsbruckAustria
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van der Linde C, Ončák M, Cunningham EM, Tang WK, Siu CK, Beyer MK. Surface or Internal Hydration - Does It Really Matter? JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2023; 34:337-354. [PMID: 36744598 PMCID: PMC9983018 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The precise location of an ion or electron, whether it is internally solvated or residing on the surface of a water cluster, remains an intriguing question. Subtle differences in the hydrogen bonding network may lead to a preference for one or the other. Here we discuss spectroscopic probes of the structure of gas-phase hydrated ions in combination with quantum chemistry, as well as H/D exchange as a means of structure elucidation. With the help of nanocalorimetry, we look for thermochemical signatures of surface vs internal solvation. Examples of strongly size-dependent reactivity are reviewed which illustrate the influence of surface vs internal solvation on unimolecular rearrangements of the cluster, as well as on the rate and product distribution of ion-molecule reactions.
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- Christian van der Linde
- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute
of Research Management and Services (IPPP), Research and Innovation
Management Complex, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur50603, Malaysia
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- Department
of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020Innsbruck, Austria
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Structures and spectroscopic properties of K+(H2O)n with n = 1–10 clusters based on density functional theory. Chem Phys Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.139735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Heller J, Cunningham EM, Hartmann JC, van der Linde C, Ončák M, Beyer MK. Size-dependent H and H 2 formation by infrared multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy of hydrated vanadium cations, V +(H 2O) n, n = 3-51. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:14699-14708. [PMID: 35438100 PMCID: PMC9215701 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00833e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Infrared spectra of the hydrated vanadium cation (V+(H2O)n; n = 3–51) were measured in the O–H stretching region employing infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy. Spectral fingerprints, along with size-dependent fragmentation channels, were observed and rationalized by comparing to spectra simulated using density functional theory. Photodissociation leading to water loss was found for cluster sizes n = 3–7, consistent with isomers featuring intact water ligands. Loss of molecular hydrogen was observed as a weak channel starting at n = 8, indicating the advent of inserted isomers, HVOH+(H2O)n−1. The majority of ions for n = 8, however, are composed of two-dimensional intact isomers, concordant with previous infrared studies on hydrated vanadium. A third channel, loss of atomic hydrogen, is observed weakly for n = 9–11, coinciding with the point at which the H and H2O calculated binding energies become energetically competitive for intact isomers. A clear and sudden spectral pattern and fragmentation channel intensity at n = 12 suggest a structural change to inserted isomers. The H2 channel intensity decreases sharply and is not observed for n = 20 and 25–51. IRMPD spectra for clusters sizes n = 15–51 are qualitatively similar indicating no significant structural changes, and are thought to be composed of inserted isomers, consistent with recent electronic spectroscopy experiments. Infrared multiple photon dissociation spectra of V+(H2O)n depend on experiment conditions, with strong kinetic shift effects for large clusters.![]()
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- Jakob Heller
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Heller J, Cunningham EM, van der Linde C, Ončák M, Beyer MK. Infrared Multiple Photon Dissociation Spectroscopy Confirms Reversible Water Activation in Mn +(H 2O) n, n ≤ 8. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:3269-3275. [PMID: 35389219 PMCID: PMC9014459 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Controlled activation of water molecules is the key to efficient water splitting. Hydrated singly charged manganese ions Mn+(H2O)n exhibit a size-dependent insertion reaction, which is probed by infrared multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy (IRMPD) and FT-ICR mass spectrometry. The noninserted isomer of Mn+(H2O)4 is formed directly in the laser vaporization ion source, while its inserted counterpart HMnOH+(H2O)3 is selectively prepared by gentle removal of water molecules from larger clusters. The IRMPD spectra in the O-H stretch region of both systems are markedly different, and correlate very well with quantum chemical calculations of the respective species at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ//BHandHLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ level of theory. The calculated potential energy surface for water loss from HMnOH+(H2O)3 shows that this cluster ion is metastable. During IRMPD, the system rearranges back to the noninserted Mn+(H2O)3 structure, indicating that the inserted structure requires stabilization by hydration. The studied system serves as an atomically defined single-atom redox-center for reversible metal insertion into the O-H bond, a key step in metal-centered water activation.
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Heller J, Pascher TF, van der Linde C, Ončák M, Beyer MK. Photochemical Hydrogen Evolution at Metal Centers Probed with Hydrated Aluminium Cations, Al + (H 2 O) n , n=1-10. Chemistry 2021; 27:16367-16376. [PMID: 34636449 PMCID: PMC9298212 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hydrated aluminium cations have been investigated as a photochemical model system with up to ten water molecules by UV action spectroscopy in a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT‐ICR) mass spectrometer. Intense photodissociation was observed starting at 4.5 eV for two to eight water molecules with loss of atomic hydrogen, molecular hydrogen and water molecules. Quantum chemical calculations for n=2 reveal that solvation shifts the intense 3s–3p excitations of Al+ into the investigated photon energy range below 5.5 eV. During the photochemical relaxation, internal conversion from S1 to T2 takes place, and photochemical hydrogen formation starts on the T2 surface, which passes through a conical intersection, changing to T1. On this triplet surface, the electron that was excited to the Al 3p orbital is transferred to a coordinated water molecule, which dissociates into a hydroxide ion and a hydrogen atom. If the system remains in the triplet state, this hydrogen radical is lost directly. If the system returns to singlet multiplicity, the reaction may be reversed, with recombination with the hydroxide moiety and electron transfer back to aluminium, resulting in water evaporation. Alternatively, the hydrogen radical can attack the intact water molecule, forming molecular hydrogen and aluminium dihydroxide. Photodissociation is observed for up to n=8. Clusters with n=9 or 10 occur exclusively as HAlOH+(H2O)n‐1 and are transparent in the investigated energy range. For n=4–8, a mixture of Al+(H2O)n and HAlOH+(H2O)n‐1 is present in the experiment.
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- Jakob Heller
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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Heller J, Pascher TF, Muß D, van der Linde C, Beyer MK, Ončák M. Photochemistry and UV/vis spectroscopy of hydrated vanadium cations, V +(H 2O) n, n = 1-41, a model system for photochemical hydrogen evolution. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:22251-22262. [PMID: 34396372 PMCID: PMC8514045 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02382a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Photochemical hydrogen evolution provides fascinating perspectives for light harvesting. Hydrated metal ions in the gas phase are ideal model systems to study elementary steps of this reaction on a molecular level. Here we investigate mass-selected hydrated monovalent vanadium ions, with a hydration shell ranging from 1 to 41 water molecules, by photodissociation spectroscopy. The most intense absorption bands correspond to 3d-4p transitions, which shift to the red from n = 1 to n = 4, corresponding to the evolution of a square-planar complex. Additional water molecules no longer interact directly with the metal center, and no strong systematic shift is observed in larger clusters. Evolution of atomic and molecular hydrogen competes with loss of water molecules for all V+(H2O)n, n ≤ 12. For n ≥ 15, no absorptions are observed, which indicates that the cluster ensemble is fully converted to HVOH+(H2O)n-1. For the smallest clusters, the electronic transitions are modeled using multireference methods with spin-orbit coupling. A large number of quintet and triplet states is accessible, which explains the broad features observed in the experiment. Water loss most likely occurs after a series of intersystem crossings and internal conversions to the electronic ground state or a low-lying quintet state, while hydrogen evolution is favored in low lying triplet states.
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- Jakob Heller
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Demissie EG, Lam WK, Thompson H, Tang WK, Siu CK. Decomposition of nitrous oxide in hydrated cobalt(I) clusters: a theoretical insight into the mechanistic roles of ligand-binding modes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:16816-16826. [PMID: 34323905 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01820e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hydrated cobalt(i) cluster ions, [Co(H2O)n]+, can decompose the inert nitrous oxide molecule, N2O. Density functional theory suggests that N2O can anchor to Co+ of [Co(N2O)(H2O)n]+ through either O end-on (η1-OL) or N end-on (η1-NL) coordinate mode. The latter is thermodynamically more favorable resulting from a subtle π backdonation from Co+ to N2O. N2O decomposition involves two major processes: (1) redox reaction and (2) N-O bond dissociation. The initial activation of N2O through an electron transfer from Co+ to N2O yields anionic N2O-, which binds to the metal center of [Co2+(N2O-)(H2O)n] also through either O end-on (η1-O) or N end-on (η1-N) mode and is stabilized by water molecules through hydrogen bonding. From η1-O, subsequent N-O bond dissociation to liberate N2, producing [CoO(H2O)n]+, is straightforward via a mechanism that is commonplace for typical metal-catalyzed N2O decompositions. Unexpectedly, the N-O bond dissociation directly from η1-N is also possible and eliminates both N2 and OH, explaining the formation of [CoOH(H2O)n]+ as observed in a previous experimental study. Interestingly, formation of [CoO(H2O)n]+ is kinetically controlled by the initial redox process between Co+ and the O-bound N2O, the activation barriers of which in large water clusters (n ≥ 14) are higher than that of the unexpected N-O bond dissociation from the N-bound structure forming [CoOH(H2O)n]+. This theoretical discovery implies that in the present of water molecules, the metal-catalyzed N2O decomposition starting from an O-bound metal complex is not mandatory.
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- Ephrem G Demissie
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China.
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Jia Y, Wu H, Zhao X, Zhang H, Geng L, Zhang H, Li SD, Luo Z, Hansen K. Interactions between water and rhodium clusters: molecular adsorption versus cluster adsorption. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:11396-11402. [PMID: 34160532 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr02372a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Understanding metal-water interactions and hydrogen-bonding in water droplets is important but highly challenging. Various transition metals may serve as effective coordination centers to water; however, not in all cases is water bonded to a metal center as single molecules. We report here the observations of gas-phase rhodium clusters and their interactions with water. A series of rhodium-water clusters, Rhn±,0(H2O)m (n = 3-30, m = 1-5), with isotope labels were detected by mass spectrometry after exposure to different water concentrations, among which Rh8+(H2O)4 and Rh9+(H2O)3 were prominent in the mass distributions, showing a size-dependent preference of water adsorption on rhodium clusters. Comprehensive density functional theory calculations reveal that the lowest energy structure of Rh9+(H2O)3 possesses a hydrogen-bonded cyclic (H2O)3 water trimer on the top of a tri-capped Rh9+ trigonal prism. The tri-capped Rh9+ trigonal prism and the cyclic (H2O)3 water trimer match in sizes, charge distributions, and orbital symmetries to form effective electrostatic cluster-cluster interactions. In contrast, Rh8+(H2O)4 contains four water molecules separately attached to a bi-capped octahedron, Rh8+, at four corners via single-molecule adsorption. The difference between covalent molecular adsorption and electrostatic cluster-cluster interaction in these two proto-typical rhodium hydrates is further demonstrated by detailed natural bonding orbital, electrostatic surface potential, and charge decomposition analyses.
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- Yuhan Jia
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Centre for Joint Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China
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Asymmetric Solvation of the Zinc Dimer Cation Revealed by Infrared Multiple Photon Dissociation Spectroscopy of Zn 2+(H 2O) n ( n = 1-20). Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22116026. [PMID: 34199627 PMCID: PMC8199724 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22116026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Investigating metal-ion solvation—in particular, the fundamental binding interactions—enhances the understanding of many processes, including hydrogen production via catalysis at metal centers and metal corrosion. Infrared spectra of the hydrated zinc dimer (Zn2+(H2O)n; n = 1–20) were measured in the O–H stretching region, using infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy. These spectra were then compared with those calculated by using density functional theory. For all cluster sizes, calculated structures adopting asymmetric solvation to one Zn atom in the dimer were found to lie lower in energy than structures adopting symmetric solvation to both Zn atoms. Combining experiment and theory, the spectra show that water molecules preferentially bind to one Zn atom, adopting water binding motifs similar to the Zn+(H2O)n complexes studied previously. A lower coordination number of 2 was observed for Zn2+(H2O)3, evident from the highly red-shifted band in the hydrogen bonding region. Photodissociation leading to loss of a neutral Zn atom was observed only for n = 3, attributed to a particularly low calculated Zn binding energy for this cluster size.
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Marks JH, Miliordos E, Duncan MA. Infrared spectroscopy of RG-Co +(H 2O) complexes (RG = Ar, Ne, He): The role of rare gas "tag" atoms. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:064306. [PMID: 33588546 DOI: 10.1063/5.0041069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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RGn-Co+(H2O) cation complexes (RG = Ar, Ne, He) are generated in a supersonic expansion by pulsed laser vaporization. Complexes are mass-selected using a time-of-flight spectrometer and studied with infrared laser photodissociation spectroscopy, measuring the respective mass channels corresponding to the elimination of the rare gas "tag" atom. Spectral patterns and theory indicate that the structures of the ions with a single rare gas atom have this bound to the cobalt cation opposite the water moiety in a near-C2v arrangement. The O-H stretch vibrations of the complex are shifted compared to those of water because of the metal cation charge-transfer interaction; these frequencies also vary systematically with the rare gas atom attached. The efficiencies of photodissociation also vary with the rare gas atoms because of their widely different binding energies to the cobalt cation. The spectrum of the argon complex could only be measured when at least three argon atoms were attached. In the case of the helium complex, the low binding energy allows the spectra to be measured for the low-frequency H-O-H scissors bending mode and for the O-D stretches of the deuterated analog. The partially resolved rotational structure for the antisymmetric O-H and O-D stretches reveals the temperature of these complexes (6 K) and establishes the electronic ground state. The helium complex has the same 3B1 ground state as the tag-free complex studied previously by Metz and co-workers ["Dissociation energy and electronic and vibrational spectroscopy of Co+(H2O) and its isotopomers," J. Phys. Chem. A 117, 1254 (2013)], but the A rotational constant is contaminated by vibrational averaging from the bending motion of the helium.
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- Joshua H Marks
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Buchanan JK, Plieger PG. The Design of Tetradentate Ligands for Beryllium Encapsulation. CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.200719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Jenna K. Buchanan
- School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Cunningham EM, Taxer T, Heller J, Ončák M, van der Linde C, Beyer MK. Microsolvation of Zn cations: infrared multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy of Zn +(H 2O) n (n = 2-35). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:3627-3636. [PMID: 33524092 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06112c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The structures, along with solvation evolution, of size-selected Zn+(H2O)n (n = 2-35) complexes have been determined by combining infrared multiple photon photodissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy and density functional theory. The infrared spectra were recorded in the O-H stretching region, revealing varying shifts in band position due to different water binding motifs. Concordant with previous studies, a coordination number of 3 is observed, determined by the sudden appearance of a broad, red-shifted band in the hydrogen bonding region for clusters n > 3. The coordination number of 3 seems to be retained even for the larger clusters, due to incoming ligands experiencing significant repulsion from the Zn+ valence 4s electron. Evidence of spectrally distinct single- and double-acceptor sites are presented for medium-sized clusters, 4 ≤n≤ 7, however for larger clusters, n≥ 8, the hydrogen bonding region is dominated by a broad, unresolved band, indicative of the increased number of second and third coordination sphere ligands. No evidence of a solvated, six-fold coordinated Zn2+ ion/solvated electron pair is present in the spectra.
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- Ethan M Cunningham
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Wang C, Li Q, Kong X, Zheng H, Wang T, Zhao Y, Li G, Xie H, Yang J, Wu G, Zhang W, Dai D, Zhou M, Yang X, Jiang L. Observation of Carbon-Carbon Coupling Reaction in Neutral Transition-Metal Carbonyls. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:1012-1017. [PMID: 33470826 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Neutral titanium-metal carbonyl complexes with the chemical formula Ti(CO)n (n = 4-7) are produced in the gas phase by the reactions of titanium atoms with carbon monoxide in a pulsed laser vaporization-supersonic expansion source. Their infrared absorption spectra in the carbonyl stretching frequency region are measured by infrared plus vacuum ultraviolet (IR+VUV) two-color ionization spectroscopy based on a tunable VUV free electron laser. Infrared spectroscopy in conjunction with quantum chemical calculations confirm that all of these complexes have unexpected titanium ketenylidene OTiCCO(CO)n-2 structures. Bonding analysis indicates that the OTiCCO core structure can be described by the bonding interactions between a TiO+ cation in the doublet ground state and a doublet ground state of CCO-. The results reveal that the C-O bond breaking and C-C bond formation proceed efficiently in the reactions between laser-vaporized titanium atoms and carbon monoxide.
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- Chong Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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Jesus WS, Prudente FV, Marques JMC, Pereira FB. Modeling microsolvation clusters with electronic-structure calculations guided by analytical potentials and predictive machine learning techniques. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:1738-1749. [PMID: 33427847 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05200k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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We propose a new methodology to study, at the density functional theory (DFT) level, the clusters resulting from the microsolvation of alkali-metal ions with rare-gas atoms. The workflow begins with a global optimization search to generate a pool of low-energy minimum structures for different cluster sizes. This is achieved by employing an analytical potential energy surface (PES) and an evolutionary algorithm (EA). The next main stage of the methodology is devoted to establish an adequate DFT approach to treat the microsolvation system, through a systematic benchmark study involving several combinations of functionals and basis sets, in order to characterize the global minimum structures of the smaller clusters. In the next stage, we apply machine learning (ML) classification algorithms to predict how the low-energy minima of the analytical PES map to the DFT ones. An early and accurate detection of likely DFT local minima is extremely important to guide the choice of the most promising low-energy minima of large clusters to be re-optimized at the DFT level of theory. In this work, the methodology was applied to the Li+Krn (n = 2-14 and 16) microsolvation clusters for which the most competitive DFT approach was found to be the B3LYP-D3/aug-pcseg-1. Additionally, the ML classifier was able to accurately predict most of the solutions to be re-optimized at the DFT level of theory, thereby greatly enhancing the efficiency of the process and allowing its applicability to larger clusters.
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- W S Jesus
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 40170-115 Salvador, BA, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 40170-115 Salvador, BA, Brazil.
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- CQC, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal.
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- Coimbra Polytechnic - ISEC, Coimbra, Portugal and Centro de Informática e Sistemas da Universidade de Coimbra (CISUC), Coimbra, Portugal.
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Zhang H, Wu H, Jia Y, Yin B, Geng L, Luo Z, Hansen K. Hydrogen release from a single water molecule on V n+ (3 ≤ n ≤ 30). Commun Chem 2020; 3:148. [PMID: 36703429 PMCID: PMC9814650 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-00396-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Water and its interactions with metals are closely bound up with human life, and the reactivity of metal clusters with water is of fundamental importance for the understanding of hydrogen generation. Here a prominent hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) of single water molecule on vanadium clusters Vn+ (3 ≤ n ≤ 30) is observed in the reaction of cationic vanadium clusters with water at room temperature. The combined experimental and theoretical studies reveal that the wagging vibrations of a V-OH group give rise to readily formed V-O-V intermediate states on Vn+ (n ≥ 3) clusters and allow the terminal hydrogen to interact with an adsorbed hydrogen atom, enabling hydrogen release. The presence of three metal atoms reduces the energy barrier of the rate-determining step, giving rise to an effective production of hydrogen from single water molecules. This mechanism differs from dissociative chemisorption of multiple water molecules on aluminium cluster anions, which usually proceeds by dissociative chemisorption of at least two water molecules at multiple surface sites followed by a recombination of the adsorbed hydrogen atoms.
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- Hanyu Zhang
- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 P.R. China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 P.R. China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 P.R. China ,grid.410726.60000 0004 1797 8419University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 P.R. China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 P.R. China ,grid.410726.60000 0004 1797 8419University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 P.R. China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 P.R. China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular sciences (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 P.R. China ,grid.410726.60000 0004 1797 8419University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 P.R. China
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- grid.33763.320000 0004 1761 2484Joint Centre for Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China
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Farrokhpour H, Khoshkhou S. Excitation of hydrated Li + and Na + to their dissociative states: The effect of hydrogen bond on the dissociation of LiO and NaO bonds and the comparison of the TD-DFT and SAC-CI excited dissociative states. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 234:118273. [PMID: 32213459 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.118273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this work, the ground and excited dissociative potential energy curves of hydrated Li+ and Na+ ions with different structures, containing two, three, and four M-O bonds (M = Li and Na), have been calculated. The vertical energies for the excitation of the clusters to their dissociative states were calculated. The scanning of the potential surfaces was performed in the direction of two normal vibrational modes related to the symmetric and asymmetric stretching of M-O bonds. The difference in the arrangement and number of water molecules around the alkali cation made it possible to study the effect of the hydrogen bond network on the dissociation of M-O bonds. Two different methods including the time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) and direct-symmetry adapted cluster-configuration interaction (direct-SAC-CI) were used for calculating the potential energy curves, separately to compare the TD-DFT method with a correlative computational method such as SAC-CI. The TD-DFT method predicted the charge transfer from water molecules to alkali cation during the dissociation of clusters in the gas phase while the electrostatic field of water blocked this charge transfer. For some clusters, it was found that the change of the theoretical method from the TD-DFT to SAC-CI creates changes in the states of fragments obtained from the dissociation and charge transfer.
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- Hossein Farrokhpour
- Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran
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Carnegie PD, Marks JH, Brathwaite AD, Ward TB, Duncan MA. Microsolvation in V +(H 2O) n Clusters Studied with Selected-Ion Infrared Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:1093-1103. [PMID: 31961153 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Gas-phase ion-molecule clusters of the form V+(H2O)n (n = 1-30) are produced by laser vaporization in a supersonic expansion. These ions are analyzed and mass-selected with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer and investigated with infrared laser photodissociation spectroscopy. The small clusters (n ≤ 7) are studied with argon tagging, while the larger clusters are studied via the elimination of water molecules. The vibrational spectra for the small clusters include only free O-H stretching vibrations, while larger clusters exhibit redshifted hydrogen bonding vibrations. The spectral patterns reveal that the coordination around V+ ions is completed with four water molecules. A symmetric square-planar structure forms for the n = 4 ion, and this becomes the core ion in larger structures. Clusters up to n = 8 have mostly two-dimensional structures, but hydrogen bonding networks evolve to three-dimensional structures in larger clusters. The free O-H vibration of acceptor-acceptor-donor (AAD)-coordinated surface molecules converges to a frequency near that of bulk water by the cluster size of n = 30. However, the splitting of this vibration for AAD- versus AD-coordinated molecules is still different compared to other singly charged or doubly charged cation-water clusters. This indicates that cation identity and charge-site location in the cluster can produce discernable spectral differences for clusters in this size range.
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- Prosser D Carnegie
- Department of Chemistry , University of Georgia , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Georgia , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Emory University , Atlanta , Georgia 30322 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Georgia , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Georgia , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States
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Guimarães MN, M. de Almeida M, Marques JMC, Prudente FV. A thermodynamic view on the microsolvation of ions by rare gas: application to Li+ with argon. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:10882-10892. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01283a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Parallel tempering Monte Carlo calculations on the Li+Arn microsolvation clusters have shown that the two peaks appearing in the heat capacity curve as a function of temperature correspond to the melting of the second and first solvation shells.
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- M. N. Guimarães
- Instituto de Física
- Universidade Federal da Bahia
- 40170-115 Salvador
- Brazil
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- Instituto de Física
- Universidade Federal da Bahia
- 40170-115 Salvador
- Brazil
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- CQC
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Coimbra
- 3004-535 Coimbra
- Portugal
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- Instituto de Física
- Universidade Federal da Bahia
- 40170-115 Salvador
- Brazil
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Taxer T, Ončák M, Barwa E, van der Linde C, Beyer MK. Electronic spectroscopy and nanocalorimetry of hydrated magnesium ions [Mg(H 2O) n] +, n = 20-70: spontaneous formation of a hydrated electron? Faraday Discuss 2019; 217:584-600. [PMID: 30994636 PMCID: PMC6677030 DOI: 10.1039/c8fd00204e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hydrated singly charged magnesium ions [Mg(H2O)n]+ are thought to consist of an Mg2+ ion and a hydrated electron for n > 15. This idea is based on mass spectra, which exhibit a transition from [MgOH(H2O)n-1]+ to [Mg(H2O)n]+ around n = 15-22, black-body infrared radiative dissociation, and quantum chemical calculations. Here, we present photodissociation spectra of size-selected [Mg(H2O)n]+ in the range of n = 20-70 measured for photon energies of 1.0-5.0 eV. The spectra exhibit a broad absorption from 1.4 to 3.2 eV, with two local maxima around 1.7-1.8 eV and 2.1-2.5 eV, depending on cluster size. The spectra shift slowly from n = 20 to n = 50, but no significant change is observed for n = 50-70. Quantum chemical modeling of the spectra yields several candidates for the observed absorptions, including five- and six-fold coordinated Mg2+ with a hydrated electron in its immediate vicinity, as well as a solvent-separated Mg2+/e- pair. The photochemical behavior resembles that of the hydrated electron, with barrierless interconversion into the ground state following the excitation.
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- Thomas Taxer
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Ariyarathna IR, Miliordos E. Superatomic nature of alkaline earth metal–water complexes: the cases of Be(H2O)0,+4 and Mg(H2O)0,+6. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:15861-15870. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01897b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Beryllium– and magnesium–water complexes are shown to accommodate peripheral electrons around their Be2+(H2O)4 and Mg2+(H2O)6 cores in hydrogenic type orbitals.
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Sweeny BC, Ard SG, Shuman NS, Viggiano AA. The Role of Non‐Reactive Binding Sites in the AlVO
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- Brendan C. Sweeny
- National Academy of Sciences Washington DC 20001
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico 87117
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- Institute for Scientific Research Boston College Boston MA 02467
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico 87117
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico 87117
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico 87117
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Ončák M, Taxer T, Barwa E, van der Linde C, Beyer MK. Photochemistry and spectroscopy of small hydrated magnesium clusters Mg +(H 2O) n, n = 1-5. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:044309. [PMID: 30068190 PMCID: PMC7075709 DOI: 10.1063/1.5037401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Hydrated singly charged magnesium ions Mg+(H2O)n, n ≤ 5, in the gas phase are ideal model systems to study photochemical hydrogen evolution since atomic hydrogen is formed over a wide range of wavelengths, with a strong cluster size dependence. Mass selected clusters are stored in the cell of an Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer at a temperature of 130 K for several seconds, which allows thermal equilibration via blackbody radiation. Tunable laser light is used for photodissociation. Strong transitions to D1-3 states (correlating with the 3s-3px,y,z transitions of Mg+) are observed for all cluster sizes, as well as a second absorption band at 4-5 eV for n = 3-5. Due to the lifted degeneracy of the 3px,y,z energy levels of Mg+, the absorptions are broad and red shifted with increasing coordination number of the Mg+ center, from 4.5 eV for n = 1 to 1.8 eV for n = 5. In all cases, H atom formation is the dominant photochemical reaction channel. Quantum chemical calculations using the full range of methods for excited state calculations reproduce the experimental spectra and explain all observed features. In particular, they show that H atom formation occurs in excited states, where the potential energy surface becomes repulsive along the O⋯H coordinate at relatively small distances. The loss of H2O, although thermochemically favorable, is a minor channel because, at least for the clusters n = 1-3, the conical intersection through which the system could relax to the electronic ground state is too high in energy. In some absorption bands, sequential absorption of multiple photons is required for photodissociation. For n = 1, these multiphoton spectra can be modeled on the basis of quantum chemical calculations.
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- Milan Ončák
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Gernert I, Beyer MK. Evidence for Electron Transfer in the Reactions of Hydrated Monovalent First-Row Transition-Metal Ions M(H2O)n+, M = V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, n < 40, toward 1-Iodopropane. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:9557-9566. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b08385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ina Gernert
- Institut
für Physikalische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstraße
40, 24098 Kiel, Germany
- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Physikalische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstraße
40, 24098 Kiel, Germany
- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Wegeberg C, Donald WA, McKenzie CJ. Noncovalent Halogen Bonding as a Mechanism for Gas-Phase Clustering. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:2209-2216. [PMID: 28717931 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1722-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Gas-phase clustering of nonionizable iodylbenzene (PhIO2) is attributed to supramolecular halogen bonding. Electrospray ionization results in the formation of ions of proton-charged and preferably sodium-charged clusters assignable to [H(PhIO2) n ]+, n = 1-7; [Na(PhIO2) n ]+, n = 1-6; [Na2(PhIO2) n ]2+, n = 7-20; [HNa(PhIO2) n ]2+, n = 6-19; [HNa2(PhIO2) n ]3+, n = 15-30; and [Na3(PhIO2) n ]3+, n = 14-30. The largest cluster detected has a supramolecular mass of 7147 Da. Electronic structure calculations using the M06-2X functional with the 6-311++G(d,p) basis set for C, H, and O, and LANL2DZ basis set for I and Na predict 298 K binding enthalpies for the protonated and sodiated iodylbenzene dimers and trimers are greater than 180 kJ/mol. This is exceptionally high in comparison with other protonated and sodiated clusters with well-established binding enthalpies. Strongly halogen-bonded motifs found in the crystalline phases of PhIO2 and its derivatives serve as models for the structures of larger gas-phase clusters, and calculations on simple model gas-phase dimer and trimer clusters result in similar motifs. This is the first account of halogen bonding playing an extensive role in gas-phase associations. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Christina Wegeberg
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5320, Odense M, Denmark
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5320, Odense M, Denmark.
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Pinto VS, Marques SCR, Rodrigues P, Barros MT, Costa ML, Langley GJ, Fernandez MT, Cabral BJC, Duarte MF, Couto N. An electrospray ionization mass spectrometry study of azidoacetic acid/transition metal complexes. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2017; 31:1001-1013. [PMID: 28402603 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Revised: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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RATIONALE The complexation behavior of transition metals with organic azides by electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) is not completely understood. In this study, fragmentation patterns of complex ions having azidoacetic acid coordinated to Ni/Co/Fe were elucidated. The role of transition metals in the mediation of ligand rearrangements in gas phase is experimentally supported. METHODS The complexation of some transition metals, nickel, cobalt and iron, by azidoacetic acid was studied by means of ESI and MS/MS. Fragmentation patterns were discerned via consecutive MS/MS experiments on an ion trap mass spectrometer and confirmed by high-resolution (HR) Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance MS. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to characterize the major ions observed in MS. RESULTS Only singly positively charged complex ions were detected presenting various stoichiometries. MS/MS and theoretical calculations allowed us to confirm assignments and coordination sites. Structural evidence suggested that the azidoacetic acid can behave as monodentate and/or bidentate and coordination through the oxygen and nitrogen atoms are both possible. Experimental evidence strongly points to a role of Ni/Co/Fe, in oxidative state (I), in mediating C-C bond activation in the gas phase. CONCLUSIONS MS/MS and HRMS experiments were able to elucidate azidoacetic acid complexation with Ni/Co/Fe and several gas-phase processes involving metal reduction and rearrangements. The definition of the coordination pattern dictated by the competition between the nitrogen and the oxygen atoms is also dependent on the metal centre in a very dynamic process. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Vítor S Pinto
- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- CQFB, Departamento de Química da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2825-114, Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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- CQFB, Departamento de Química da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2825-114, Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação Engenharia Biomedica e Fsica da Radiação (LIBPhys-UNL), Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Monte da Caparica, 2892-516, Caparica, Portugal
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- Chemistry Department, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- CQB, Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química e Bioquímica da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
- Grupo de Física Matemática da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- CQB, Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- ChELSI Institute, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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Ward TB, Miliordos E, Carnegie PD, Xantheas SS, Duncan MA. Ortho-para interconversion in cation-water complexes: The case of V+(H2O) and Nb+(H2O) clusters. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:224305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4984826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- T. B. Ward
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, USA
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- Advanced Computing, Mathematics and Data Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, MS K1-83, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, USA
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- Advanced Computing, Mathematics and Data Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, MS K1-83, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, USA
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Raymond O, Henderson W, Brothers PJ, Plieger PG. Electrospray-Ionisation Mass-Spectrometric (ESI-MS) Investigation of Beryllium Hydrolysis in Acidic Solutions of Beryllium Sulfate. Eur J Inorg Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201700155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Onyekachi Raymond
- Chemistry, School of Science; University of Waikato; Private Bag 3105 Hamilton New Zealand
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- Chemistry, School of Science; University of Waikato; Private Bag 3105 Hamilton New Zealand
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- Chemistry, Institute of Fundamental Science; Massey University; Turitea Campus Palmerston North New Zealand
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Shi R, Huang X, Su Y, Lu HG, Li SD, Tang L, Zhao J. Which Density Functional Should Be Used to Describe Protonated Water Clusters? J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:3117-3127. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b00058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ruili Shi
- Key
Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams, Dalian University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Dalian, 116024, China
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- School
of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin, 124221, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams, Dalian University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Dalian, 116024, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of the Education
Ministry, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of the Education
Ministry, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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- College
of Science, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian 116600, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams, Dalian University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Dalian, 116024, China
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Prudente FV, Marques JMC, Pereira FB. Solvation of Li+ by argon: how important are three-body forces? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:25707-25716. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04549b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A global geometry search on a new potential energy surface for Li+Arn clusters revealed that three-body interactions must be included to reproduce ab initio structures and accurate energetic features.
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- Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra Quinta da Nora
- 3030-199 Coimbra
- Portugal
- Centro de Informática e Sistemas da Universidade de Coimbra (CISUC)
- 3030-290 Coimbra
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Feng G, Liu CW, Zeng Z, Hou GL, Xu HG, Zheng WJ. Initial hydration processes of magnesium chloride: size-selected anion photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:15562-15569. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02965a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Separation of Cl−–Mg2+ ion pairs starts at n = 4 in MgCl2(H2O)n− anions and at n = 7 in neutral MgCl2(H2O)n.
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- Gang Feng
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Peking University
- Beijing 100871
- China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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Ward T, Carnegie P, Duncan M. Infrared spectroscopy of the Ti(H2O)Ar+ ion–molecule complex: Electronic state switching induced by argon. Chem Phys Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.04.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tsybizova A, Roithová J. Copper-catalyzed reactions: Research in the gas phase. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2016; 35:85-110. [PMID: 25975564 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is becoming an important tool for mechanistic studies in organic and organometallic chemistry. It allows investigation of reaction mixtures including monitoring of reactants, products, and intermediates, studying properties of the intermediates and their reactivity. Studying the reactive species in the gas phase can be advantageously combined with theoretical calculations. This review is focused on ESI-MS studies of copper-catalyzed reactions. Possible effects of the electrospray process on the transfer of the copper complexes to the gas phase are discussed. The plethora of mass spectrometric approaches is demonstrated on copper mediated C-H activations, cross coupling reactions, rearrangements, organocuprate chemistry, and other examples.
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- Alexandra Tsybizova
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science; Hlavova 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science; Hlavova 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Kiawi DM, Bakker JM, Oomens J, Buma WJ, Jamshidi Z, Visscher L, Waters LBFM. Water Adsorption on Free Cobalt Cluster Cations. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:10828-37. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b07119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Denis M. Kiawi
- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and
Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and
Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and
Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran, P.O. Box 14335-186, Tehran, Iran
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- Amsterdam
Center for Multiscale Modeling Section Theoretical Chemistry, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Herber I, Tang WK, Wong HY, Lam TW, Siu CK, Beyer MK. Reactivity of Hydrated Monovalent First Row Transition Metal Ions [M(H2O)n]+, M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, n < 50, Toward Acetonitrile. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:5566-78. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b02946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ina Herber
- Institut
für Physikalische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstrasse
40, 24098 Kiel, Germany
- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department
of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat
Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat
Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat
Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat
Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
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- Institut
für Physikalische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstrasse
40, 24098 Kiel, Germany
- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Lam TW, Zhang H, Siu CK. Reductions of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and acetonitrile by the magnesium(II)/magnesium(I) couple in aqueous media: theoretical insights from a nano-sized water droplet. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:2780-92. [PMID: 25738586 DOI: 10.1021/jp511490n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Reductions of O2, CO2, and CH3CN by the half-reaction of the Mg(II)/Mg(I) couple (Mg(2+) + e(-) → Mg(+•)) confined in a nanosized water droplet ([Mg(H2O)16](•+)) have been examined theoretically by means of density functional theory based molecular dynamics methods. The present works have revealed many intriguing aspects of the reaction dynamics of the water clusters within several picoseconds or even in subpicoseconds. The reduction of O2 requires an overall doublet spin state of the system. The reductions of CO2 and CH3CN are facilitated by their bending vibrations and the electron-transfer processes complete within 0.5 ps. For all reactions studied, the radical anions, i.e., O2(•-), CO2(•-), and CH3CN(•-), are initially formed on the cluster surface. O2(•-) and CO2(•-) can integrate into the clusters due to their high hydrophilicity. They are either solvated in the second solvation shell of Mg(2+) as a solvent-separated ion pair (ssip) or directly coordinated to Mg(2+) as a contact-ion pair (cip) having the (1)η-[MgO2](•+) and (1)η-[MgOCO](•+) coordination modes. The (1)η-[MgO2](•+) core is more crowded than the (1)η-[MgOCO](•+) core. The reaction enthalpies of the formation of ssip and cip of [Mg(CO2)(H2O)16](•+) are -36 ± 4 kJ mol(-1) and -30 ± 9 kJ mol(-1), respectively, which were estimated based on the average temperature changes during the ion-molecule reaction between CO2 and [Mg(H2O)16](•+). The values for the formation of ssip and cip of [Mg(O2)(H2O)16](•+) are estimated to be -112 ± 18 kJ mol(-1) and -128 ± 28 kJ mol(-1), respectively. CH3CN(•-) undergoes protonation spontaneously to form the hydrophobic [CH3CN, H](•). Both CH3CN and [CH3CN, H](•) cannot efficiently penetrate into the clusters with activation barriers of 22 kJ mol(-1) and ∼40 kJ mol(-1), respectively. These results provide fundamental insights into the solvation dynamics of the Mg(2+)/Mg(•+) couple on the molecular level.
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- Tim-Wai Lam
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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Ohashi K, Sasaki J, Yamamoto G, Judai K, Nishi N, Sekiya H. Temperature effects on prevalent structures of hydrated Fe+ complexes: Infrared spectroscopy and DFT calculations of Fe+(H2O)n (n = 3–8). J Chem Phys 2014; 141:214307. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4902408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Pearson WL, Copeland C, Kocak A, Sallese Z, Metz RB. Near ultraviolet photodissociation spectroscopy of Mn+(H2O) and Mn+(D2O). J Chem Phys 2014; 141:204305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4901982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Wright L. Pearson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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Grossert JS, Cubero Herrera L, Ramaley L, Melanson JE. Studying the chemistry of cationized triacylglycerols using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and density functional theory computations. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2014; 25:1421-1440. [PMID: 24867430 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-0917-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Analysis of triacylglycerols (TAGs), found as complex mixtures in living organisms, is typically accomplished using liquid chromatography, often coupled to mass spectrometry. TAGs, weak bases not protonated using electrospray ionization, are usually ionized by adduct formation with a cation, including those present in the solvent (e.g., Na(+)). There are relatively few reports on the binding of TAGs with cations or on the mechanisms by which cationized TAGs fragment. This work examines binding efficiencies, determined by mass spectrometry and computations, for the complexation of TAGs to a range of cations (Na(+), Li(+), K(+), Ag(+), NH4(+)). While most cations bind to oxygen, Ag(+) binding to unsaturation in the acid side chains is significant. The importance of dimer formation, [2TAG + M](+) was demonstrated using several different types of mass spectrometers. From breakdown curves, it became apparent that two or three acid side chains must be attached to glycerol for strong cationization. Possible mechanisms for fragmentation of lithiated TAGs were modeled by computations on tripropionylglycerol. Viable pathways were found for losses of neutral acids and lithium salts of acids from different positions on the glycerol moiety. Novel lactone structures were proposed for the loss of a neutral acid from one position of the glycerol moiety. These were studied further using triple-stage mass spectrometry (MS(3)). These lactones can account for all the major product ions in the MS(3) spectra in both this work and the literature, which should allow for new insights into the challenging analytical methods needed for naturally occurring TAGs.
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- J Stuart Grossert
- National Research Council Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3Z1, Canada,
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Johnson CJ, Dzugan LC, Wolk AB, Leavitt CM, Fournier JA, McCoy AB, Johnson MA. Microhydration of contact ion pairs in M(2+)OH(-)(H2O)(n=1-5) (M = Mg, Ca) clusters: spectral manifestations of a mobile proton defect in the first hydration shell. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:7590-7. [PMID: 24874345 DOI: 10.1021/jp504139j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Vibrational predissociation spectra of D2-"tagged" Mg(2+)OH(-)(H2O)n=1-6 and Ca(2+)OH(-)(H2O)n=1-5 clusters are reported to explore how the M(2+)OH(-) contact ion pairs respond to stepwise formation of the first hydration shell. In both cases, the hydroxide stretching frequency is found to red-shift strongly starting with addition of the third water molecule, quickly becoming indistinguishable from nonbonded OH groups associated with solvent water molecules by n = 5. A remarkably broad feature centered around 3200 cm(-1) and spanning up to ∼1000 cm(-1) appears for the n ≥ 4 clusters that we assign to a single-donor ionic hydrogen bond between a proximal first solvent shell water molecule and the embedded hydroxide ion. The extreme broadening is rationalized with a theoretical model that evaluates the range of local OH stretching frequencies predicted for the heavy particle configurations available in the zero-point vibrational wave function describing the low-frequency modes. The implication of this treatment is that extreme broadening in the vibrational spectrum need not arise from thermal fluctuations in the ion ensemble, but can rather reflect combination bands based on the OH stretching fundamental that involve many quanta of low-frequency modes whose displacements strongly modulate the OH stretching frequency.
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- Christopher J Johnson
- Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Yale University , 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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Gong Y, Tian G, Rao L, Gibson JK. Tetrapositive Plutonium, Neptunium, Uranium, and Thorium Coordination Complexes: Chemistry Revealed by Electron Transfer and Collision Induced Dissociation. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:2749-55. [DOI: 10.1021/jp501454v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Yu Gong
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Badani PM, Das S, Sharma P, Chandrakumar KRS, Vatsa RK. Evidence for charge-induced dipole reaction in laser ionized van der Waals clusters: a case of Fe2+reacting with argon atoms inside a cluster. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra42963f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Miliordos E, Xantheas SS. Elucidating the mechanism behind the stabilization of multi-charged metal cations in water: a case study of the electronic states of microhydrated Mg2+, Ca2+ and Al3+. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:6886-92. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp53636j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Woolley MJ, Khairallah GN, da Silva G, Donnelly PS, Yates BF, O’Hair RAJ. Role of the Metal, Ligand, and Alkyl/Aryl Group in the Hydrolysis Reactions of Group 10 Organometallic Cations [(L)M(R)]+. Organometallics 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/om400358q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Matthew J. Woolley
- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Free
Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science
and Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Free
Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science
and Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science
and Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 75 Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Free
Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science
and Biotechnology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Llanio-Trujillo J, Marques J, Pereira F. New insights on lithium-cation microsolvation by solvents forming hydrogen-bonds: Water versus methanol. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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