Calculated Band Profiles of the OH-Stretching Transitions in Water Dimer

Effect of Temperature on the OH-Stretching Bands of the Methanol Dimer

We present a conceptually simple model for understanding the significant spectral changes that occur with the temperature in the infrared spectra of hydrogen-bound complexes. We have measured room-temperature spectra of the methanol dimer and two deuterated isotopologues in the OH(D)-stretching region. We correctly predict spectral changes observed in the gas phase for the bound OH stretch in the methanol dimer from jet-cooled to room temperature and corroborate this with experimental and theoretical results for deuterated isotopologues. The origin of the observed spectral features is explained based on a reduced-dimensional vibrational model, which includes the two high-frequency OH stretches, the two methyl torsions, and the six intermolecular low-frequency vibrations. Key to the success of the model is a new coordinate definition to describe the intrinsic large-amplitude curvilinear motion of low-frequency vibrations. Despite the deceivingly simple appearance of the room temperature bound OH-stretching fundamental band, it consists of ∼107 vibrational transitions.

Microhydration of Tertiary Amines: Robust Resonances in Red-Shifted Water

Tertiary amines are strong hydrogen bond acceptors. When a water molecule donates one of the OH groups, its in-phase stretching vibration wavenumber is decreased to such an extent that it comes close to the water bending overtone. This gives rise to anharmonic phenomena such as classical Fermi resonance, resonance with multiple-quantum dark states, or combination transitions with low-frequency intermolecular modes. These effects, which contribute to the spectral breadth of room-temperature hydrogen-bonded amine complexes, are disentangled by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in pulsed supersonic slit jet expansions. Monohydrates of the amines quinuclidine, N-methylpyrrolidine, N-methylpiperidine, and dimethylcyclohexylamine exhibit systematic mode coupling signatures. These suggest relatively fast energy flow out of the excited OH stretching fundamental into intra- and intermolecular degrees of freedom of the hydrogen-bonded water molecule. Trimeric complexes are spectroscopically separated from the amine monohydrates.

Reduced-dimensional vibrational models of the water dimer

A model based on the finite-basis representation of a vibrational Hamiltonian expressed in internal coordinates is developed. The model relies on a many-mode, low-order expansion of both the kinetic energy operator and the potential energy surface (PES). Polyad truncations and energy ceilings are used to control the size of the vibrational basis to facilitate accurate computations of the OH stretch and HOH bend intramolecular transitions of the water dimer (H₂ ¹⁶O)₂. Advantages and potential pitfalls of the applied approximations are highlighted. The importance of choices related to the treatment of the kinetic energy operator in reduced-dimensional calculations and the accuracy of different water dimer PESs are discussed. A range of different reduced-dimensional computations are performed to investigate the wavenumber shifts in the intramolecular transitions caused by the coupling between the intra- and intermolecular modes. With the use of symmetry, full 12-dimensional vibrational energy levels of the water dimer are calculated, predicting accurately the experimentally observed intramolecular fundamentals. It is found that one can also predict accurate intramolecular transition wavenumbers for the water dimer by combining a set of computationally inexpensive reduced-dimensional calculations, thereby guiding future effective-Hamiltonian treatments.

Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Water Dimer at Jet-Cooled and Atmospheric Temperatures

The vibrational spectroscopy of the water dimer provides an understanding of basic hydrogen bonding in water clusters, and with about one water dimer for every 1,000 water molecules, it plays a critical role in atmospheric science. Here, we review how the experimental and theoretical progress of the past decades has improved our understanding of water dimer vibrational spectroscopy under both cold and warm conditions. We focus on the intramolecular OH-stretching transitions of the donor unit, because these are the ones mostly affected by dimer formation and because their assignment has proven a challenge. We review cold experimental results from early matrix isolation to recent mass-selected jet expansion techniques and, in parallel, the improvements in the theoretical anharmonic models. We discuss and illustrate changes in the vibrational spectra of complexes upon increasing temperature, and the difficulties in recording and calculating these spectra. In the atmosphere, water dimer spectra at ambient temperature are crucial. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, Volume 73 is April 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Resolving the anomalous infrared spectrum of the MeCN–HCl molecular cluster using ab Initio molecular dynamics

Molecular dynamics simulations reveal that the asymmetric peak seen in IR spectra of acetonitrile–HCl molecular complexes are due to high population of complexes with partially broken hydrogen bonds.

Fundamental and overtone vibrational spectroscopy, enthalpy of hydrogen bond formation and equilibrium constant determination of the methanol-dimethylamine complex

We have measured gas phase vibrational spectra of the bimolecular complex formed between methanol (MeOH) and dimethylamine (DMA) up to about 9800 cm(-1). In addition to the strong fundamental OH-stretching transition we have also detected the weak second overtone NH-stretching transition. The spectra of the complex are obtained by spectral subtraction of the monomer spectra from spectra recorded for the mixture. For comparison, we also measured the fundamental OH-stretching transition in the bimolecular complex between MeOH and trimethylamine (TMA). The enthalpies of hydrogen bond formation (ΔH) for the MeOH-DMA and MeOH-TMA complexes have been determined by measurements of the fundamental OH-stretching transition in the temperature range from 298 to 358 K. The enthalpy of formation is found to be -35.8 ± 3.9 and -38.2 ± 3.3 kJ mol(-1) for MeOH-DMA and MeOH-TMA, respectively, in the 298 to 358 K region. The equilibrium constant (Kp) for the formation of the MeOH-DMA complex has been determined from the measured and calculated transition intensities of the OH-stretching fundamental transition and the NH-stretching second overtone transition. The transition intensities were calculated using an anharmonic oscillator local mode model with dipole moment and potential energy curves calculated using explicitly correlated coupled cluster methods. The equilibrium constant for formation of the MeOH-DMA complex was determined to be 0.2 ± 0.1 atm(-1), corresponding to a ΔG value of about 4.0 kJ mol(-1).

An adiabatic model for calculating overtone spectra of dimers such as (H(2)O)(2)

The near-infrared and visible wavelength spectrum of the water dimer is considered to be the major contributor to the so-called water continuum at these wavelengths. However, theoretical models of this spectrum require the simultaneous treatment of both monomer and dimer excitations. A model for treating this problem is proposed which is based upon a Franck-Condon-like separation between the monomer and dimer vibrational motions. In this model, one of the monomers is treated as the chromophore and its absorption is assumed to be given by its, possibly perturbed, vibrational band intensity. The main computational issue is the treatment of separate monomer and dimer motions. Various approaches for obtaining dimer vibration-rotation tunnelling spectra that allow for monomer motion are explored. These approaches include ways of treating the adiabatic separation of dimer vibrational modes from monomer vibrational modes. We classify the adiabatic separation methods under four main approaches: namely fixed-geometry, free-monomer, perturbed-monomer and coupled-monomer methods. The latter being the most computationally expensive as the monomer wave functions are dependent on the dimer coordinates. For each of these approaches, expectation values over the full potential are calculated for the given monomer vibrational wave functions. Various full (named VAP 2pD in the text) and partial (VAP (+p)D) averaging techniques are outlined to calculate the vibrationally averaged, monomer state-dependent, dimer interaction potentials. The computational costs associated with application of these techniques to the water dimer are estimated and the prospects for full calculations based on this approach are assessed.

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and theoretical study of dimethylamine dimer in the gas phase

Dimethylamine (DMA) has been studied by gas-phase Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. We have identified a spectral transition that is assigned to the DMA dimer. The IR spectra of the dimer in the gas phase are obtained by spectral subtraction of spectra recorded at different pressures. The enthalpy of hydrogen bond formation was obtained for the DMA dimer by temperature-dependence measurements. We complement the experimental results with ab initio and anharmonic local mode model calculations of monomer and dimer. Compared to the monomer, our calculations show that in the dimer the N-H bond is elongated, and the NH-stretching fundamental shifts to a lower wavenumber. More importantly, the weak NH-stretching fundamental transition has a pronounced intensity increase upon complexation. However, the first NH-stretching overtone transition is not favored by the same intensity enhancement, and we do not observe the first NH-stretching overtone of the dimer. On the basis of the measured and calculated intensity of the NH-stretching transition of the dimer, the equilibrium constant for dimerization at room temperature was determined.

Fundamental and overtone vibrational spectra of gas-phase pyruvic acid

Pyruvic acid (CH(3)COCOOH) is an important keto acid present in the atmosphere. In this study, the vibrational spectroscopy of gas-phase pyruvic acid has been investigated with special emphasis on the overtone transitions of the OH-stretch, with Delta v(OH) = 2, 4, 5. Assignments were made to fundamental and combination bands in the mid-IR. The two lowest energy rotational conformers of pyruvic acid are clearly observed in the spectrum. The lowest energy conformer possesses an intramolecular hydrogen bond, while the next lowest rotational conformer does not. This difference is clearly seen in the spectra of the OH vibrational overtone transitions, and it is reflected in the anharmonicities of the OH-stretching modes for each conformer. The spectra of the OH-stretching vibration for both conformers were investigated to establish the effect of the hydrogen bond on frequency, intensity, and line width.