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Tahsildaran F FS, Moore B, Bashiri T, Otani H, Djuricanin P, Malekfar R, Farahbod AH, Momose T. VUV photochemistry and nuclear spin conversion of water and water-orthohydrogen complexes in parahydrogen crystals at 4 K. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:4094-4106. [PMID: 33586746 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04523c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Samples of H2O, HDO, and D2O were isolated in solid parahydrogen (pH2) matrices and irradiated by vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation at 147 nm. Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectra showed a clear depletion of D2O and an enrichment of both HDO and H2O by 147 nm irradiation. These irradiation-dependent changes are attributed to the production of OH and/or OD radicals through photodissociations of H2O, HDO, and D2O. The radicals subsequently react with the hydrogen matrix, leading to the observed enrichment of H2O. No trace of isolated OH or OD was detected in the FTIR spectra, indicating that the OH/OD radicals react with the surrounding matrix hydrogen molecules via quantum tunneling within our experimental timescale. The observed temporal changes in concentrations, especially the increase of HDO concentration during VUV irradiation, can be interpreted by a model with a rapid conversion from orthohydrogen (oH2) to pH2 in water-oH2 complexes upon VUV photodissociation, indicating either the acceleration of the nuclear spin conversion (NSC) of H2 due to the magnetic moment of the intermediate OH/OD radical, or the preferential reaction of the OH/OD radical with a nearby oH2 molecule over other pH2 molecules. We have also identified and quantified an anomalously slow NSC of H2O and D2O complexed with oH2 in solid pH2.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fatemeh S Tahsildaran F
- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. and Atomic and Molecular Physics Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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- Atomic and Molecular Physics Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Research School of Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion, Research Institute of Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, AEOI, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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Laude G, Calderini D, Welsch R, Richardson JO. Calculations of quantum tunnelling rates for muonium reactions with methane, ethane and propane. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:16843-16854. [PMID: 32666960 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01346c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Thermal rate constants for Mu + CH4, Mu + C2H6 and Mu + C3H8 and their equivalent reactions with H were evaluated with ab initio instanton rate theory. The potential-energy surfaces are fitted using Gaussian process regression to high-level electronic-structure calculations evaluated around the tunnelling pathway. This method was able to successfully reproduce various experimental measurements for the rate constant of these reactions. However, it was not able to reproduce the faster-than-expected rate of Mu + C3H8 at 300 K reported by Fleming et al. [Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 19901 and Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 6326]. Analysis of our results indicates that the kinetic isotope effect at this temperature is not significantly influenced by quantum tunnelling. We consider many possible factors for the discrepancy between theory and experiment but conclude that in each case, the instanton approximation is unlikely to be the cause of the error. This is in part based on the good agreement we find between the instanton predictions and new multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree (MCTDH) calculations for Mu + CH4 using the same potential-energy surface. Further experiments will therefore be needed to resolve this issue.
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- Gabriel Laude
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
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