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Montes de Oca-Estévez MJ, Valdés Á, Prosmiti R. A kernel-based machine learning potential and quantum vibrational state analysis of the cationic Ar hydride (Ar 2H +). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:7060-7071. [PMID: 38345626 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05865d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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One of the most fascinating discoveries in recent years, in the cold and low pressure regions of the universe, was the detection of ArH+ and HeH+ species. The identification of such noble gas-containing molecules in space is the key to understanding noble gas chemistry. In the present work, we discuss the possibility of [Ar2H]+ existence as a potentially detectable molecule in the interstellar medium, providing new data on possible astronomical pathways and energetics of this compound. As a first step, a data-driven approach is proposed to construct a full 3D machine-learning potential energy surface (ML-PES) via the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) method. The training and testing data sets are generated from CCSD(T)/CBS[56] computations, while a validation protocol is introduced to ensure the quality of the potential. In turn, the resulting ML-PES is employed to compute vibrational levels and molecular spectroscopic constants for the cation. In this way, the most common isotopologue in ISM, [36Ar2H]+, was characterized for the first time, while simultaneously, comparisons with previously reported values available for [40Ar2H]+ are discussed. Our present data could serve as a benchmark for future studies on this system, as well as on higher-order cationic Ar-hydrides of astrophysical interest.
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- María Judit Montes de Oca-Estévez
- Institute of Fundamental Physics (IFF-CSIC), CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
- Atelgraphics S.L., Mota de Cuervo 42, 28043, Madrid, Spain
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- Escuela de Física, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, A. A., 3840, Medellín, Colombia
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- Institute of Fundamental Physics (IFF-CSIC), CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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On the Proton-Bound Noble Gas Dimers (Ng-H-Ng) + and (Ng-H-Ng') + (Ng, Ng'= He-Xe): Relationships betweenStructure, Stability, and Bonding Character. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26051305. [PMID: 33671081 PMCID: PMC7957648 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26051305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The structure, stability, and bonding character of fifteen (Ng-H-Ng)+ and (Ng-H-Ng’)+ (Ng, Ng’ = He-Xe) compounds were explored by theoretical calculations performed at the coupled cluster level of theory. The nature of the stabilizing interactions was, in particular, assayed using a method recently proposed by the authors to classify the chemical bonds involving the noble-gas atoms. The bond distances and dissociation energies of the investigated ions fall in rather large intervals, and follow regular periodic trends, clearly referable to the difference between the proton affinity (PA) of the various Ng and Ng’. These variations are nicely correlated with the bonding situation of the (Ng-H-Ng)+ and (Ng-H-Ng’)+. The Ng-H and Ng’-H contacts range, in fact, between strong covalent bonds to weak, non-covalent interactions, and their regular variability clearly illustrates the peculiar capability of the noble gases to undergo interactions covering the entire spectrum of the chemical bond.
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The structure and vibrational spectra of protonated Ar clusters ArnH+ (n = 2-3) are studied using potential energy surfaces at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ level and basis set. Ar binding energies, as well as position isomerism in Ar3H+, were investigated. In our previous work, the spectra of Ar2H+ reveal a strong progression of combination bands, which involves the asymmetric Ar-H+ stretch with multiple quanta of the symmetric Ar-H+ stretch. In this work, insights on the origin of such progression were examined using an adiabatic model. In addition, contributions from mechanical and electrical anharmonicity on the progressions' intensities were also examined. Comparison of the calculated spectrum for the bare and Ar-tagged ions reveals that the reduction of the symmetry group, from D∞h to either C∞v or C2v, results in a richer vibrational structure in the 500-1700 cm-1 region. When compared with previously reported action spectra (D. C. McDonald III, D. T. Mauney, D. Leicht, J. H. Marks, J. A. Tan, J.-L. Kuo, and M. A. Duncan, J. Chem. Phys., 2016, 145, 231,101), it appears that the position isomers, because of the binding of the weakly bound Ar messenger, are needed to account for the additional bands in the infrared photodissociation spectrum for Ar3H+. These findings demonstrate the active role of the messenger atom in relaxing some of the selection rules for the bare ion's vibrational transitions - resulting in an augmentation of the bands in the action spectrum.
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- Jake A Tan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, No.1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Da-an District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan (ROC)
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, No.1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Da-an District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan (ROC)
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Tan JA, Kuo JL. A theoretical study on the infrared signatures of proton-bound rare gas dimers (Rg-H +-Rg), Rg = {Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe}. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:124305. [PMID: 30927880 DOI: 10.1063/1.5090031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The infrared spectrum of proton-bound rare gas dimers has been extensively studied via matrix isolation spectroscopy. However, little attention has been paid on their spectrum in the gas phase. Most of the Rg2H+ has not been detected outside the matrix environment. Recently, ArnH+ (n = 3-7) has been first detected in the gas-phase [D. C. McDonald et al., J. Chem. Phys. 145, 231101 (2016)]. In that work, anharmonic theory can reproduce the observed vibrational structure. In this paper, we extend the existing theory to examine the vibrational signatures of Rg2H+, Rg = {Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe}. The successive binding of Rg to H+ was investigated through the calculation of stepwise formation energies. It was found that this binding is anti-cooperative. High-level full-dimensional potential energy surfaces at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ//MP2/aug-cc-pVQZ were constructed and used in the anharmonic calculation via discrete variable representation. We found that the potential coupling between the symmetric and asymmetric Rg-H+ stretch (ν1 and ν3 respectively) causes a series of bright n1ν1 + ν3 progressions. From Ne2H+ to Xe2H+, an enhancement of intensities for these bands was observed.
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- Jake A Tan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, No. 1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, No. 1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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McDonald DC, Mauney DT, Leicht D, Marks JH, Tan JA, Kuo JL, Duncan MA. Communication: Trapping a proton in argon: Spectroscopy and theory of the proton-bound argon dimer and its solvation. J Chem Phys 2017; 145:231101. [PMID: 28010076 DOI: 10.1063/1.4972581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ion-molecule complexes of the form H+Arn are produced in pulsed-discharge supersonic expansions containing hydrogen and argon. These ions are analyzed and mass-selected in a reflectron spectrometer and studied with infrared laser photodissociation spectroscopy. Infrared spectra for the n = 3-7 complexes are characterized by a series of strong bands in the 900-2200 cm-1 region. Computational studies at the MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ level examine the structures, binding energies, and infrared spectra for these systems. The core ion responsible for the infrared bands is the proton-bound argon dimer, Ar-H+-Ar, which is progressively solvated by the excess argon. Anharmonic vibrational theory is able to reproduce the vibrational structure, identifying it as arising from the asymmetric proton stretch in combination with multiple quanta of the symmetric argon stretch. Successive addition of argon shifts the proton vibration to lower frequencies, as the charge is delocalized over more ligands. The Ar-H+-Ar core ion has a first solvation sphere of five argons.
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- D C McDonald
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Borocci S, Giordani M, Grandinetti F. Complexes of XeHXe+ with Simple Ligands: A Theoretical Investigation on (XeHXe+)L (L = N2, CO, H2O, NH3). J Phys Chem A 2014; 119:2383-92. [DOI: 10.1021/jp5075835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Stefano Borocci
- Dipartimento per la Innovazione
nei sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università della Tuscia, L.go dell’Università, s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- Dipartimento per la Innovazione
nei sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università della Tuscia, L.go dell’Università, s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- Dipartimento per la Innovazione
nei sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università della Tuscia, L.go dell’Università, s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Grabowski SJ, Ugalde JM. High-level ab initio calculations on low barrier hydrogen bonds and proton bound homodimers. Chem Phys Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ritschel T, Zülicke L, Kuntz PJ. Cationic Van-der-Waals Complexes: Theoretical Study of Ar2H+ Structure and Stability. Z PHYS CHEM 2009. [DOI: 10.1524/zpch.218.4.377.29196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The electronic and geometric structure, stability and molecular properties of the cationic van-der-Waals complex Ar2H+ in its ground electronic state are studied by means of two ab-initio quantum-chemical approaches: conventional configuration interaction (multi-reference and coupled-cluster methods) and a diatomics-in-molecules model with ab-initio input data. To ensure consistency between the two approaches, one and the same one-electron atomic basis set (aug-cc-pVTZ by Dunning) is employed in both. The topography of the ground-state potential-energy surface is examined with respect to the nature of the binding and the stability of structures corresponding to stationary points. In accordance with most earlier theoretical work, there are two local minima at linear arrangements: a strongly bound centro-symmetric moiety, (Ar–H–Ar)+, and a weakly bound van-der-Waals complex, Ar···ArH+. These are separated by a low barrier. Only the centro-symmetric molecule is significantly stable (D
e = 0.68eV) against fragmentation into Ar + ArH+ and should have structural and dynamical relevance. A fairly simple diatomics-in-molecules model taking into account only the few lowest electronic fragment states yields a qualitatively correct description of the ground state but shows quantitative deviations from the more accurate configuration-interaction data in detail. Nevertheless, it should provide a good starting point for the treatment of larger complexes Ar
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Lignell A, Khriachtchev L, Lignell H, Räsänen M. Protons solvated in noble-gas matrices: Interaction with nitrogen. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2006; 8:2457-63. [PMID: 16721429 DOI: 10.1039/b603822k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The interaction of a (NgHNg)(+) cation (Ng = Ar and Kr) with a nitrogen molecule is studied. The structure, energetics, and vibrational properties of these complexed systems are computationally studied at the MP2/6-311++G(2d,2p) level of theory. The computations reveal two stable structures, linear and T-shaped configurations, with BSSE corrected interaction energies of the order of -1000 cm(-1). The (NgHNg)(+)[dot dot dot]N(2) complexes are characterized experimentally by IR absorption spectroscopy in solid Ar and Kr matrices. The spectra show that only one complex structure is present, as evidenced by the single nitrogen-induced nu(3) band. According to the computational results, the linear structure is more probable in the experiments. However, our results show that the one-to-one complex at the present computational level does not accurately agree with the matrix-isolation experiments, the differences originating possibly from the influence of the surrounding matrix. Based on the current data, the mechanism of cation decay in noble-gas matrices is discussed. The observed similar decay of (NgHNg)(+) and its N(2) complex indicates that the solvated proton is unable to tunnel and is therefore immobile in noble-gas matrices. The observations for the cation decay are consistent with the electron neutralization mechanism.
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- Antti Lignell
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Giju KT, Roszak S, Leszczynski J. A theoretical study of protonated argon clusters: ArnH+ (n=1–7). J Chem Phys 2002. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1485956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Qu JY, Li W, Guo R, Zhao XS. A global potential energy surface of Ar2H+ based onab initiocalculations. J Chem Phys 2002. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1493177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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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Nabiev SS, Sukhanov LP. The effects of structural nonrigidity in molecular systems. Russ Chem Bull 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02496386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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E. Bondybey V, Räsänen M, Lammers A. Chapter 10. Rare-gas matrices, their photochemistry and dynamics: recent advances in selected areas. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1039/pc095331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fridgen TD, Parnis JM. Density functional theory study of the proton-bound rare-gas dimers Rg2H+ and (RgHRg′)+ (Rg=Ar, Kr, Xe): Interpretation of experimental matrix isolation infrared data. J Chem Phys 1998. [DOI: 10.1063/1.476729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Bieske E, Nizkorodov S, Bennett F, Maier J. Combined infrared and ab initio study of the H2HN2+ complex. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0168-1176(95)04239-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Pettersson M, Lundell J, Räsänen M. Neutral rare‐gas containing charge‐transfer molecules in solid matrices. I. HXeCl, HXeBr, HXeI, and HKrCl in Kr and Xe. J Chem Phys 1995. [DOI: 10.1063/1.469357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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