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Cappelletti D, Falcinelli S, Pirani F. The dawn of hydrogen and halogen bonds and their crucial role in collisional processes probing long-range intermolecular interactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:7971-7987. [PMID: 38411471 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05871a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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This perspective review focuses on the results of an internally consistent study developed in the Perugia laboratory, centered on the fundamental interaction components that, at large intermolecular distances, determine the formation of weak intermolecular hydrogen (HB) and halogen (XB) bonds. This investigation exploits old and novel molecular beam scattering experiments involving several gaseous prototypical systems. In particular, we focus on the kinetic energy dependence of the total (elastic + inelastic) integral cross-sections. Of particular interest is the measure of quantum interference patterns in the energy dependence of cross-sections of targeted systems and their shift compared to that of known reference systems. We interpreted these findings as interaction energy stabilization components, such as charge transfer, σ-hole, and polar flattening, that emerge at intermediate separation distance ranges and selectively manifest for specific geometries of collision complexes. Another significant observable we discuss is the absolute value of the cross-section and its dependence on permanent multipole moments of the collisional partners. Specifically, we show how the spontaneous orientation of rotationally cold and polar molecules, due to the electric field gradient associated with the interaction between permanent multipole moments, can significantly modify the magnitude of the total cross-section, even at high values of the impact parameter. We are confident that the present results can help extend the force field formulation to various interacting systems and carry out molecular dynamics simulations under conditions of application interest.
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- David Cappelletti
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via G. Duranti 93, 06215 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via G. Duranti 93, 06215 Perugia, Italy
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Miyazaki M, Ono M, Otsuka R, Dopfer O, Fujii M. Electronic and vibrational spectroscopies of aromatic clusters with He in a supersonic jet: The case of neutral and cationic phenol-Hen (n = 1 and 2). J Chem Phys 2023; 159:134303. [PMID: 37787127 DOI: 10.1063/5.0169716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023] Open
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Van der Waals clusters composed of He and aromatic molecules provide fundamental information about intermolecular interactions in weakly bound systems. In this study, phenol-helium clusters (PhOH-Hen with n ≤ 2) are characterized for the first time by UV and IR spectroscopies. The S1 ← S0 origin and ionization energy both show small but additive shifts, suggesting π-bound structures of these clusters, a conclusion supported by rotational contour analyses of the S1 origin bands. The OH stretching vibrations of the PhOH moiety in the clusters match with those of bare PhOH in both the S0 and D0 states, illustrating the negligible perturbation of the He atoms on the molecular vibration. Matrix shifts induced by He attachment are discussed based on the observed band positions with the help of complementary quantum chemical calculations. For comparison, the UV and ionization spectra of PhOH-Ne are reported as well.
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- Mitsuhiko Miyazaki
- Natural Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
- International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Institute of Innovation Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Institute of Innovation Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Palazzetti F, Cappelletti D, Coletti C, Falcinelli S, Pirani F. Molecular beam scattering experiments on noble gas-propylene oxide: Total integral cross sections and potential energy surfaces of He- and Ne-C 3H 6O. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:234301. [PMID: 34937350 DOI: 10.1063/5.0073737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The interactions of He and Ne with propylene oxide have been investigated with the molecular beam technique by measuring the total (elastic + inelastic) integral cross section as a function of collision velocity. Starting from the analysis of these experimental data, potential energy surfaces, formulated as a function of the separation distance and orientation of propylene oxide with respect to the interacting partners, have been built: The average depth of potential wells (located at intermediate separation distances) has been characterized by analyzing the observed "glory" quantum effects, and the strength of long-range attractions has been obtained from the magnitude and the velocity dependence of the smooth component of measured cross sections. The surfaces, tested and improved against new ab initio calculations of minima interaction energies at the complete basis set level of theory, are defined in the full space of relative configurations. This represents a crucial condition to provide force fields useful to carry out, in general, important molecular property simulations and to evaluate, in the present case, the spectroscopic features and the dynamical selectivity of weakly bound complexes formed by propylene oxide, a prototype chiral species, during collisions in interstellar clouds and winds, in the space and planetary atmospheres. The adopted formulation of the interaction can be readily extended to similar systems, involving heavier noble gases or diatomic molecules (H2, O2, and N2) as well as to propylene oxide dimers.
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- Federico Palazzetti
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie - Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie - Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi "G. D'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie - Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Anharmonicity modeling in hydrogen bonded solvent dimers. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116735] [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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Molecular beam scattering experiments probing the interaction of Cl2 with simple molecules (D2, O2, D2O, ND3). Chem Phys Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wójcik P, Korona T, Tomza M. Interactions of benzene, naphthalene, and azulene with alkali-metal and alkaline-earth-metal atoms for ultracold studies. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:234106. [PMID: 31228913 DOI: 10.1063/1.5094907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We consider collisional properties of polyatomic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules immersed into ultracold atomic gases and investigate intermolecular interactions of exemplary benzene, naphthalene, and azulene with alkali-metal (Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs) and alkaline-earth-metal (Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba) atoms. We apply the state-of-the-art ab initio techniques to compute the potential energy surfaces (PESs). We use the coupled cluster method restricted to single, double, and noniterative triple excitations to reproduce the correlation energy and the small-core energy-consistent pseudopotentials to model the scalar relativistic effects in heavier metal atoms. We also report the leading long-range isotropic and anisotropic dispersion and induction interaction coefficients. The PESs are characterized in detail, and the nature of intermolecular interactions is analyzed and benchmarked using symmetry-adapted perturbation theory. The full three-dimensional PESs are provided for the selected systems within the atom-bond pairwise additive representation and can be employed in scattering calculations. The present study of the electronic structure is the first step toward the evaluation of prospects for sympathetic cooling of polyatomic aromatic molecules with ultracold atoms. We suggest azulene, an isomer of naphthalene which possesses a significant permanent electric dipole moment and optical transitions in the visible range, as a promising candidate for electric field manipulation and buffer-gas or sympathetic cooling.
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- Paweł Wójcik
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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Cappelletti D, Cinti A, Nicoziani A, Falcinelli S, Pirani F. Molecular Beam Scattering Experiments as a Sensitive Probe of the Interaction in Bromine-Noble Gas Complexes. Front Chem 2019; 7:320. [PMID: 31157202 PMCID: PMC6534045 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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This paper reports for the first time molecular beam experiments for the scattering of He, Ne, and Ar by the Br2 molecule, with the aim of probing in detail the intermolecular interaction. Measurements have been performed under the experimental condition to resolve the glory pattern, a quantum interference effect observable in the collision velocity dependence of the integral cross section. We analyzed the experimental data with a reliable potential model defined as a combination of an anisotropic van der Waals component with the additional contribution due to charge transfer and polar flattening effects related to the formation of an intermolecular halogen bond. The model involves few parameters, whose values are related to fundamental physical properties of the interacting partners, and it allows an internally consistent comparison of the stability of the gas-phase adducts formed by Br2 moiety with different noble gases as well as homologous complexes with the Cl2 molecule. The same model appears to be also easily generalized to describe the interaction of diatomic halogen molecules in the excited B(3Π) electronic state where the halogen bond contribution tends to vanish and more anisotropic van der Waals components dominate the structure of the complexes with noble gases.
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- David Cappelletti
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Nunzi F, Cesario D, Belpassi L, Tarantelli F, Roncaratti LF, Falcinelli S, Cappelletti D, Pirani F. Insight into the halogen-bond nature of noble gas-chlorine systems by molecular beam scattering experiments, ab initio calculations and charge displacement analysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:7330-7340. [PMID: 30896694 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00300b] [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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We have carried out molecular-beam scattering experiments and high-level ab initio investigations on the potential energy surfaces of a series of noble-gas-Cl2 adducts. This effort has permitted the construction of a simple, reliable and easily generalizable analytical model potential formulation, which is based on a few physically meaningful parameters of the interacting partners and transparently shows the origin, strength, and stereospecificity of the various interaction components. The results demonstrate quantitatively beyond doubt that the interaction between a noble-gas (Ng) atom - even He - and Cl2 in a collinear configuration is characterized by weak halogen bond (XB) formation, accompanied by charge transfer (CT) from the Ng to chlorine. This characteristic, which stabilizes the adduct, rapidly disappears on going towards the T-shaped configuration, dominated by pure van der Waals (vdW) forces. Similarly, a pure vdW interaction takes place - with no CT component in any configuration - if Cl2 is present in the lowest πg* → σu* excited state, because the change in electron density that accompanies the excitation eliminates the Cl2 polar flattening and σ hole, making the XB interaction inaccessible.
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- Francesca Nunzi
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, via Elce di Sotto 8, I-06123 Perugia, Italy.
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Pirani F, Cappelletti D, Falcinelli S, Cesario D, Nunzi F, Belpassi L, Tarantelli F. Selective Emergence of the Halogen Bond in Ground and Excited States of Noble‐Gas–Chlorine Systems. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201812889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Fernando Pirani
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e BiotecnologieUniversità degli Studi di Perugia via Elce di Sotto 8 06213 Perugia Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e BiotecnologieUniversità degli Studi di Perugia via Elce di Sotto 8 06213 Perugia Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed AmbientaleUniversità degli Studi di Perugia via G. Duranti 93 06215 Perugia Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e BiotecnologieUniversità degli Studi di Perugia via Elce di Sotto 8 06213 Perugia Italy
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale ModelingVrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e BiotecnologieUniversità degli Studi di Perugia via Elce di Sotto 8 06213 Perugia Italy
- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (ISTM-CNR) via Elce di Sotto 8 06123 Perugia Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (ISTM-CNR) via Elce di Sotto 8 06123 Perugia Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e BiotecnologieUniversità degli Studi di Perugia via Elce di Sotto 8 06213 Perugia Italy
- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (ISTM-CNR) via Elce di Sotto 8 06123 Perugia Italy
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Pirani F, Cappelletti D, Falcinelli S, Cesario D, Nunzi F, Belpassi L, Tarantelli F. Selective Emergence of the Halogen Bond in Ground and Excited States of Noble-Gas-Chlorine Systems. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:4195-4199. [PMID: 30701641 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Molecular-beam scattering experiments and theoretical calculations prove the nature, strength, and selectivity of the halogen bonds (XB) in the interaction of halogen molecules with the series of noble gas (Ng) atoms. The XB, accompanied by charge transfer from the Ng to the halogen, is shown to take place in, and measurably stabilize, the collinear conformation of the adducts, which thus becomes (in contrast to what happens for other Ng-molecule systems) approximately as bound as the T-shaped form. It is also shown how and why XB is inhibited when the halogen molecule is in the 3 Πu excited state. A general potential formulation fitting the experimental observables, based on few physically essential parameters, is proposed to describe the interaction accurately and is validated by ab initio computations.
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- Fernando Pirani
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06213, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06213, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via G. Duranti 93, 06215, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06213, Perugia, Italy.,Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081, HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06213, Perugia, Italy.,Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (ISTM-CNR), via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (ISTM-CNR), via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06213, Perugia, Italy.,Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (ISTM-CNR), via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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De Santis M, Nunzi F, Cesario D, Belpassi L, Tarantelli F, Cappelletti D, Pirani F. Cooperative role of halogen and hydrogen bonding in the stabilization of water adducts with apolar molecules. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj00552d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Conversely to the H2O–CF4 adduct, an appreciable intermolecular bond stabilization by charge transfer is operative in the H2O–CCl4 system.
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- Matteo De Santis
- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
- I-06123 Perugia
- Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (ISTM-CNR)
- I-06123 Perugia
- Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
- I-06123 Perugia
- Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (ISTM-CNR)
- I-06123 Perugia
- Italy
- Consortium for Computational Molecular and Materials Sciences (CMS)2
- I-06123 Perugia
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR (ISTM-CNR)
- I-06123 Perugia
- Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
- I-06123 Perugia
- Italy
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Albertí M, Amat A, Aguilar A, Pirani F. Methanol–methanol and methanol–water systems: the intermolecular interactions controlling the transition from small clusters to the liquid phase. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02919e] [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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The present paper focuses on the characterization of the properties of methanol and water molecules in gas and liquid enviroments.
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- Margarita Albertí
- IQTCUB
- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física
- Universitat de Barcelona
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Computational Laboratory for Hybrid/Organic Photovoltaics (CLHYO)
- CNR-ISTM
- 06123 Perugia
- Italy
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- IQTCUB
- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física
- Universitat de Barcelona
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
- Università di Perugia
- 06123 Perugia and Istituto di Nanotecnologia (CNR, NANOTEC)
- 70126 Bari
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Cappelletti D, Falcinelli S, Pirani F. The intermolecular interaction in D2 − CX4 and O2 − CX4 (X = F, Cl) systems: Molecular beam scattering experiments as a sensitive probe of the selectivity of charge transfer component. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:134305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4964092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- David Cappelletti
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto 8, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Università di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, Perugia 06125, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto 8, Perugia 06123, Italy
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Cappelletti D, Aquilanti V, Bartocci A, Nunzi F, Tarantelli F, Belpassi L, Pirani F. Interaction of O2 with CH4, CF4, and CCl4 by Molecular Beam Scattering Experiments and Theoretical Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:5197-207. [PMID: 26938313 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b00948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gas phase collisions of O2 by CH4, CF4, and CCl4 have been investigated with the molecular beam technique by measuring both the integral cross section value, Q, and its dependence on the collision velocity, v. The adopted experimental conditions have been appropriate to resolve the oscillating "glory" pattern, a quantum interference effect controlled by the features of the intermolecular interaction, for all the three case studies. The analysis of the Q(v) data, performed by adopting a suitable representation of the intermolecular potential function, provided the basic features of the anisotropic potential energy surfaces at intermediate and large separation distances and information on the relative role of the physically relevant types of contributions to the global interaction. The present work demonstrates that while O2-CH4 and O2-CF4 are basically bound through the balance between size (Pauli) repulsion and dispersion attraction, an appreaciable intermolecular bond stabilization by charge transfer is operative in O2-CCl4. Ab initio calculations of the strength of the interaction, coupled with detailed analysis of electronic charge displacement promoted by the formation of the dimer, fully rationalizes the experimental findings. This investigation indicates that the interactions of O2, when averaged over its relative orientations, are similar to that of a noble gas (Ng), specifically Ar. We also show that the binding energy in the basic configurations of the prototypical Ng-CF4,CCl4 systems [ Cappelletti , D. ; Chem. Eur. J. 2015 , 21 , 6234 - 6240 ] can be reconstructed by using the interactions in Ng-F and Ng-Cl systems, previously characterized by molecular beam scattering experiments of state-selected halogen atom beams. This information is fundamental to approach the modeling of the weak intermolecular halogen bond. On the basis of the electronic polarizability, this also confirms [ Aquilanti , V. ; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005 , 44 , 2356 - 2360 ] that O2 can be taken as a proper reference partner for simulating the behavior of some basic noncovalent components of the interactions involving water. Present results are of fundamental relevance to build up the force field controlling the hydrophobic behavior of prototypical apolar CX4 (X = H, F, Cl) molecules.
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- David Cappelletti
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia , Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia , Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia , Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia , Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy.,CNR-Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia , Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy.,CNR-Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia , Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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Zhao Y, Truhlar DG. Benchmark Databases for Nonbonded Interactions and Their Use To Test Density Functional Theory. J Chem Theory Comput 2015; 1:415-32. [PMID: 26641508 DOI: 10.1021/ct049851d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 800] [Impact Index Per Article: 88.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We present four benchmark databases of binding energies for nonbonded complexes. Four types of nonbonded interactions are considered: hydrogen bonding, charge transfer, dipole interactions, and weak interactions. We tested 44 DFT methods and 1 WFT method against the new databases; one of the DFT methods (PBE1KCIS) is new, and all of the other methods are from the literature. Among the tested methods, the PBE, PBE1PBE, B3P86, MPW1K, B97-1, and BHandHLYP functionals give the best performance for hydrogen bonding. MPWB1K, MP2, MPW1B95, MPW1K, and BHandHLYP give the best performances for charge-transfer interactions, and MPW3LYP, B97-1, PBE1KCIS, B98, and PBE1PBE give the best performance for dipole interactions. Finally, MP2, B97-1, MPWB1K, PBE1KCIS, and MPW1B95 give the best performance for weak interactions. Overall, MPWB1K is the best of all the tested DFT methods, with a relative error (highly averaged) of only 11%, and MPW1K, PBE1PBE, and B98 are the best of the tested DFT methods that do not contain kinetic energy density. Moving up the rungs of Jacob's ladder for nonempirical DFT, PBE improves significantly over the LSDA, and TPSS improve slightly over PBE (on average) for nonbonded interactions.
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- Yan Zhao
- Department of Chemistry and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431
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- Department of Chemistry and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431
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Bartocci A, Frati F, Roncaratti LF, Cappelletti D, Tarantelli F, Belpassi L, Pirani F. Anab initioelectronic density study of the CH4–Ar, CH4–Xe, CH4–H2O and CH4–H2S complexes: insights into the nature of the intermolecular interaction. Mol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1100344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bartocci A, Belpassi L, Cappelletti D, Falcinelli S, Grandinetti F, Tarantelli F, Pirani F. Catching the role of anisotropic electronic distribution and charge transfer in halogen bonded complexes of noble gases. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:184304. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4919692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Cappelletti D, Bartocci A, Grandinetti F, Falcinelli S, Belpassi L, Tarantelli F, Pirani F. Experimental Evidence of Chemical Components in the Bonding of Helium and Neon with Neutral Molecules. Chemistry 2015; 21:6234-40. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Radula-Janik K, Kupka T. 3He NMR studies on helium-pyrrole, helium-indole, and helium-carbazole systems: a new tool for following chemistry of heterocyclic compounds. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2015; 53:103-109. [PMID: 25228253 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Revised: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/08/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The (3)He nuclear magnetic shieldings were calculated for free helium atom and He-pyrrole, He-indole, and He-carbazole complexes. Several levels of theory, including Hartree-Fock (HF), Second-order Møller-Plesset Perturbation Theory (MP2), and Density Functional Theory (DFT) (VSXC, M062X, APFD, BHandHLYP, and mPW1PW91), combined with polarization-consistent pcS-2 and aug-pcS-2 basis sets were employed. Gauge-including atomic orbital (GIAO) calculated (3)He nuclear magnetic shieldings reproduced accurately previously reported theoretical values for helium gas. (3)He nuclear magnetic shieldings and energy changes as result of single helium atom approaching to the five-membered ring of pyrrole, indole, and carbazole were tested. It was observed that (3)He NMR parameters of single helium atom, calculated at various levels of theory (HF, MP2, and DFT) are sensitive to the presence of heteroatomic rings. The helium atom was insensitive to the studied molecules at distances above 5 Å. Our results, obtained with BHandHLYP method, predicted fairly accurately the He-pyrrole plane separation of 3.15 Å (close to 3.24 Å, calculated by MP2) and yielded a sizable (3)He NMR chemical shift (about -1.5 ppm). The changes of calculated nucleus-independent chemical shifts (NICS) with the distance above the rings showed a very similar pattern to helium-3 NMR chemical shift. The ring currents above the five-membered rings were seen by helium magnetic probe to about 5 Å above the ring planes verified by the calculated NICS index.
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Cappelletti D, Bartocci A, Frati F, Roncaratti LF, Belpassi L, Tarantelli F, Lakshmi PA, Arunan E, Pirani F. H2O–CH4and H2S–CH4complexes: a direct comparison through molecular beam experiments and ab initio calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:30613-23. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp03704b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Electron density redistribution upon the formation of the water–methane complex arises from polarisation and charge transfer effects.
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- David Cappelletti
- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
- Università di Perugia
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
- Università di Perugia
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
- Università di Perugia
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
- Università di Perugia
- Italy
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- Indian Institute of Science
- Dept. Inorgan. & Phys. Chem
- Bangalore 560012
- India
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Biologia e Biotecnologie
- Università di Perugia
- Italy
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Cui J, Li Z, Krems RV. Collision lifetimes of polyatomic molecules at low temperatures: Benzene–benzene vs benzene–rare gas atom collisions. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:164315. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4898796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Jie Cui
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Bartolomei M, Carmona-Novillo E, Hernández MI, Campos-Martínez J, Moszyński R. Global ab Initio Potential Energy Surface for the O2(3Σg –) + N2(1Σg +) Interaction. Applications to the Collisional, Spectroscopic, and Thermodynamic Properties of the Complex. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:6584-94. [DOI: 10.1021/jp503182h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Massimiliano Bartolomei
- Instituto de Física Fundamental, (IFF-CSIC) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, (IFF-CSIC) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, (IFF-CSIC) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, (IFF-CSIC) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Quantum Chemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw , L. Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland
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Nieradka M, Kupka T. Sensitivity of Noble Gas NMR Parameters to the Heterocyclic Ring Proximity. Density Functional Theory Studies of Ne–Furan and Ar–Furan Complexes. Chem Heterocycl Compd (N Y) 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10593-014-1492-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sensitivity of 3He NMR Parameters to the Proximity of Heterocyclic Rings. The Helium–Furan Dimer. Chem Heterocycl Compd (N Y) 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10593-014-1490-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bartocci A, Cappelletti D, Pirani F, Tarantelli F, Belpassi L. Intermolecular Interaction in the H2S–H2 Complex: Molecular Beam Scattering Experiments and Ab-Inito Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:6440-50. [DOI: 10.1021/jp502170g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Alessio Bartocci
- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, 06123, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, 06123, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, 06123, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, 06123, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari del CNR, Perugia, 06123, Italy
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Kasai T, Che DC, Okada M, Tsai PY, Lin KC, Palazzetti F, Aquilanti V. Directions of chemical change: experimental characterization of the stereodynamics of photodissociation and reactive processes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:9776-90. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00464g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kupka T, Stachów M, Nieradka M, Radula-Janik K, Stobiński L, Kaminský J. From small to medium and beyond: a pragmatic approach in predicting properties of Ne containing structures. Mol Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2013.848301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Aligned molecules: chirality discrimination in photodissociation and in molecular dynamics. RENDICONTI LINCEI-SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s12210-013-0248-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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CHENG CHENG, ZHANG MIN, SHENG LI. AB INITIO AND DFT STUDY OF NON-COVALENT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN RARE GAS ATOMS AND AROMATIC RINGS. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2013. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219633613500120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In this paper, the weak interaction between aromatic rings (ARs) and rare gas (Rg) atoms has been studied using ab initio calculation and density functional theory (DFT). The augmented Dunning basis sets were used, and the convergence test was performed up to aug-cc-pV5Z. Among the computationally feasible methods, ωB97XD performed the best for these non-covalent systems. NBO analysis was performed to investigate the nature of the Rg/AR interactions. In this type of weak interaction, the induced and instantaneous dipole and charge transfer character both contribute to the interaction energies and equilibrium distances.
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- CHENG CHENG
- Department of Chemistry, Natural Science Research Center, Academy of Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Natural Science Research Center, Academy of Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Natural Science Research Center, Academy of Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China
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Wilhelm MJ, Nikow M, Smith JM, Dai HL. Collisional Energy Transfer from Highly Vibrationally Excited Radicals Is Very Efficient. J Phys Chem Lett 2013; 4:23-29. [PMID: 26291206 DOI: 10.1021/jz301761e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Although highly vibrationally excited (HVE) radicals are ubiquitous in natural environments, the effect of collisional energy transfer (ET) on their reactivity has yet to be fully characterized. We have used time-resolved IR emission spectroscopy to characterize the vibrational-to-translational quenching of a small HVE radical, ketenyl (HCCO), by inert gases. Photolysis of ethyl ethynyl ether at 193 nm provides HVE HCCO in the X̃(2)A″ electronic ground-state, with a nascent internal energy of 2.2 ± 0.6 eV. IR emission is monitored as an indicator of vibrational energy, and spectral modeling allows direct determination of the average energy lost per collision as a function of the internal energy. Collisional deactivation of HVE HCCO is shown to be minimally an order of magnitude more efficient than closed-shell molecules of comparable size. Schwartz-Slawsky-Herzfeld-Tanczos (SSHT) theory, modified for HVE molecules, suggests that this ET enhancement is due to a strong attractive intermolecular interaction.
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- Michael J Wilhelm
- †Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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Pirani F, Candori P, Pedrosa Mundim M, Belpassi L, Tarantelli F, Cappelletti D. On the role of charge transfer in the stabilization of weakly bound complexes involving water and hydrogen sulphide molecules. Chem Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2011.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Shan X, Connor JNL. Semiclassical glory analyses in the time domain for the H + D2(vi= 0,ji= 0) → HD(vf= 3,jf= 0) + D reaction. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:044315. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3677229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Pérez-Ríos J, Bartolomei M, Campos-Martínez J, Hernández MI. Effect of anisotropy on the glory structure of molecule–molecule scattering cross sections. Chem Phys Lett 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Pirani F, Roncaratti LF, Belpassi L, Tarantelli F, Cappelletti D. Molecular-beam study of the ammonia–noble gas systems: Characterization of the isotropic interaction and insights into the nature of the intermolecular potential. J Chem Phys 2011; 135:194301. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3660199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Aligned molecular collisions and a stereodynamical mechanism for selective chirality. RENDICONTI LINCEI-SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s12210-011-0123-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Bartolomei M, Carmona-Novillo E, Hernández MI, Campos-Martínez J, Hernández-Lamoneda R. Global ab initio potential energy surfaces for the O2(Σ3g−)+O2(Σ3g−) interaction. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:124311. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3479395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Belpassi L, Reca ML, Tarantelli F, Roncaratti LF, Pirani F, Cappelletti D, Faure A, Scribano Y. Charge-Transfer Energy in the Water−Hydrogen Molecular Aggregate Revealed by Molecular-Beam Scattering Experiments, Charge Displacement Analysis, and ab Initio Calculations. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:13046-58. [DOI: 10.1021/ja1056642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Leonardo Belpassi
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR−Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS−Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue Alain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR−Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS−Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue Alain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR−Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS−Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue Alain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR−Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS−Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue Alain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR−Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS−Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue Alain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR−Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS−Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue Alain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR−Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS−Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue Alain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR−Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS−Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue Alain
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Cappelletti D, Candori P, Roncaratti L, Pirani F. A molecular beam scattering study of the weakly bound complexes of water and hydrogen sulphide with the main components of air. Mol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2010.495733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Albertí M. Rare Gas−Benzene−Rare Gas Interactions: Structural Properties and Dynamic Behavior. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:2266-74. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9113927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [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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- Margarita Albertí
- IQTCUB, Departament de Química Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Thibault F, Cappelletti D, Pirani F, Bartolomei M. A Bond−Bond Description of the Intermolecular Interaction Energy: The Case of the Weakly Bound Acetylene−Hydrogen Complex. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:14867-74. [DOI: 10.1021/jp905055n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- F. Thibault
- Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6251, Université de Rennes I, F-35042 Rennes, France, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale Universita di Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita di Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy, and Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6251, Université de Rennes I, F-35042 Rennes, France, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale Universita di Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita di Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy, and Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6251, Université de Rennes I, F-35042 Rennes, France, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale Universita di Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita di Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy, and Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6251, Université de Rennes I, F-35042 Rennes, France, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale Universita di Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita di Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy, and Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Roncaratti LF, Belpassi L, Cappelletti D, Pirani F, Tarantelli F. Molecular-Beam Scattering Experiments and Theoretical Calculations Probing Charge Transfer in Weakly Bound Complexes of Water. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:15223-32. [DOI: 10.1021/jp905584p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- L. F. Roncaratti
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR I.S.T.M, 06123 Perugia, Italy, and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, 06125 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR I.S.T.M, 06123 Perugia, Italy, and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, 06125 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR I.S.T.M, 06123 Perugia, Italy, and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, 06125 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR I.S.T.M, 06123 Perugia, Italy, and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, 06125 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, and CNR I.S.T.M, 06123 Perugia, Italy, and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, 06125 Perugia, Italy
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Crittenden DL. A Systematic CCSD(T) Study of Long-Range and Noncovalent Interactions between Benzene and a Series of First- and Second-Row Hydrides and Rare Gas Atoms. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:1663-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp809106b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pirani F, Brizi S, Roncaratti LF, Casavecchia P, Cappelletti D, Vecchiocattivi F. Beyond the Lennard-Jones model: a simple and accurate potential function probed by high resolution scattering data useful for molecular dynamics simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2008; 10:5489-503. [PMID: 18956082 DOI: 10.1039/b808524b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Scattering data, measured for rare gas-rare gas systems under high angular and energy resolution conditions, have been used to probe the reliability of a recently proposed interaction potential function, which involves only one additional parameter with respect to the venerable Lennard-Jones (LJ) model and is hence called Improved Lennard-Jones (ILJ). The ILJ potential eliminates most of the inadequacies at short- and long-range of the LJ model. Further reliability tests have been performed by comparing calculated vibrational spacings with experimental values and calculated interaction energies at short-range with those obtained from the inversion of gaseous transport properties. The analysis, extended also to systems involving ions, suggests that the ILJ potential model can be used to estimate the behavior of unknown systems and can help to assess the different role of the leading interaction components. Moreover, due to its simple formulation, the physically reliable ILJ model appears to be particularly useful for molecular dynamics simulations of both neutral and ionic systems.
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- Fernando Pirani
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, 06123, Perugia, Italy.
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Bartolomei M, Cappelletti D, de Petris G, Teixidor MM, Pirani F, Rosi M, Vecchiocattivi F. The intermolecular potential in NO–N2 and (NO–N2)+ systems: implications for the neutralization of ionic molecular aggregates. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2008; 10:5993-6001. [PMID: 18825287 DOI: 10.1039/b808200f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Massimiliano Bartolomei
- Instituto de Matemáticas y Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
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Cappelletti D, Pirani F, Bussery-Honvault B, Gomez L, Bartolomei M. A bond–bond description of the intermolecular interaction energy: the case of weakly bound N2–H2 and N2–N2 complexes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2008; 10:4281-93. [DOI: 10.1039/b803961e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pirani F, Cappelletti D, Bartolomei M, Aquilanti V, Demarchi G, Tosi P, Scotoni M. The collisional alignment of acetylene molecules in supersonic seeded expansions probed by infrared absorption and molecular beam scattering. Chem Phys Lett 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2007.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cappelletti D, Bartolomei M, Carmona-Novillo E, Pirani F, Blanquet G, Thibault F. Intermolecular interaction potentials for the Ar–C2H2, Kr–C2H2, and Xe–C2H2 weakly bound complexes: Information from molecular beam scattering, pressure broadening coefficients, and rovibrational spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2007; 126:064311. [PMID: 17313219 DOI: 10.1063/1.2434174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Integral cross sections and pressure broadening coefficients have been measured for the acetylene-krypton complex, by molecular beam scattering and by high resolution IR spectroscopy, respectively. A new potential energy surface (PES) is proposed to describe structure and dynamical properties of this prototypical weakly bound complex. The PES has been parametrized exploiting a novel atom-bond pairwise additive scheme and has been fitted to the experimental data. A similar PES has been obtained for the acetylene-xenon system by a proper scaling of the interaction parameters of the krypton case, based on empirical considerations. These PESs together with that recently proposed by the same authors [J. Phys. Chem. 109, 8471 (2005)] for the acetylene-argon case have been employed for close coupling calculations of the pressure broadening cross sections and for a characterization of the rovibrational structure of the complexes.
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- David Cappelletti
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
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Cappelletti D, Vilela AFA, Barreto PRP, Gargano R, Pirani F, Aquilanti V. Intermolecular interactions of H2S with rare gases from molecular beam scattering in the glory regime and from ab initio calculations. J Chem Phys 2006; 125:133111. [PMID: 17029437 DOI: 10.1063/1.2218513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Integral cross sections for collisions of rotationally hot H2S molecules with rare gas atoms (Ne, Ar, and Kr) have been measured, in the collision energy range of 10-60 kJ mol(-1), using a molecular beam apparatus operating under high resolution both in angle and in velocity. A well resolved glory pattern has been measured which permitted the accurate characterization of the intermolecular potentials both at long range (in the attractive region) and at intermediate distances (in the well region). Considering the conditions used in the experiments, the obtained potentials must be considered very close to the spherical averages of the full intermolecular potential energy surfaces. Extensive ab initio calculations have also been carried out in parallel in order to characterize energy minima in the potential energy surfaces and energy barriers associated to the motion of the rare gas atoms around H2S. An assessment of the relative role of the various interaction components has been also attempted: the combined analysis of experimental and theoretical results suggests that H2S-rare gas aggregates are mainly bound by nearly isotropic noncovalent interactions of the van der Waals type.
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- David Cappelletti
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Università di Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy.
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