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Huang QR, Yano K, Yang Y, Fujii A, Kuo JL. Near-infrared spectroscopy of H 3O +⋯X n (X = Ar, N 2, and CO, n = 1-3). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:10757-10768. [PMID: 38516880 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00458b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Near-infrared (NIR) spectra of H3O+⋯Xn (X = Ar, N2, and CO, n = 1-3) in the first overtone region of OH-stretching vibrations (4800-7000 cm-1) were measured. Not only OH-stretching overtones but also several combination bands are major features in this region, and assignments of these observed bands are not obvious at a glance. High-precision anharmonic vibrational simulations based on the discrete variable representation approach were performed. The simulated spectra show good agreement with the observed ones and provide firm assignments of the observed bands, except in the case of X = CO, in which higher order vibrational mode couplings seem significant. This agreement demonstrates that the present system can be a benchmark for high precision anharmonic vibrational computations of NIR spectra. Band broadening in the observed spectra becomes remarkable with an increase of the interaction with the solvent molecule (X). The origin of the band broadening is explored by rare gas tagging experiments and anharmonic vibrational simulations of hot bands.
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- Qian-Rui Huang
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Valadbeigi Y, Gal JF. Noble gas cations as Lewis acids: Adduct formation with Lewis bases with high ionization energies. Chem Phys 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2023.111918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Erukala S, Feinberg AJ, Moon CJ, Choi MY, Vilesov AF. Infrared spectroscopy of ions and ionic clusters upon ionization of ethane in helium droplets. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:204306. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0091819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Helium droplets are unique hosts for isolating diverse molecular ions for infrared spectroscopic experiments. Recently, it was found that electron impact ionization of ethylene clusters embedded in helium droplets produces diverse carbocations containing three and four carbon atoms, indicating effective ion–molecule reactions. In this work, similar experiments are reported but with the saturated hydrocarbon precursor of ethane. In distinction to ethylene, no characteristic bands of larger covalently bound carbocations were found, indicating inefficient ion–molecule reactions. Instead, the ionization in helium droplets leads to formation of weaker bound dimers, such as (C2H6)(C2H4)+, (C2H6)(C2H5)+, and (C2H6)(C2H6)+, as well as larger clusters containing several ethane molecules attached to C2H4+, C2H5+, and C2H6+ ionic cores. The spectra of larger clusters resemble those for neutral, neat ethane clusters. This work shows the utility of the helium droplets to study small ionic clusters at ultra-low temperatures.
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- Swetha Erukala
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
- Research Institute for Green Energy Convergence Technology, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Core‐Facility Center for Photochemistry and Nanomaterials, Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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Wagner JP, McDonald DC, Colley JE, Franke PR, Duncan MA. Infrared spectroscopy of the protonated HCl dimer and trimer. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:134302. [PMID: 34624978 DOI: 10.1063/5.0065477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The protonated HCl dimer and trimer complexes were prepared by pulsed discharges in supersonic expansions of helium or argon doped with HCl and hydrogen. The ions were mass selected in a reflectron time-of-flight spectrometer and investigated with photodissociation spectroscopy in the IR and near-IR regions. Anharmonic vibrational frequencies were computed with VPT2 at the MP2/cc-pVTZ level of theory. The Cl-H stretching fundamentals and overtones were measured in addition to stretch-torsion combinations. VPT2 theory at this level confirms the proton-bound structure of the dimer complex and provides a reasonably good description of the anharmonic vibrations in this system. The trimer has a HCl-HClH+-ClH structure in which a central chloronium ion is solvated by two HCl molecules via hydrogen bonding. VPT2 reproduces anharmonic frequencies for this system, including several combinations involving core ion Cl-H stretches, but fails to describe the relative band intensities.
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- J Philipp Wagner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, 140 Cedar Street, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, 140 Cedar Street, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, 140 Cedar Street, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, 140 Cedar Street, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, 140 Cedar Street, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Liu JM, Nishigori T, Maeyama T, Huang QR, Katada M, Kuo JL, Fujii A. Infrared Spectroscopy and Anharmonic Vibrational Analysis of (H 2O-Kr n) + ( n = 1-3): Hemibond Formation of the Water Radical Cation. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:7997-8002. [PMID: 34433278 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The hemibond is a nonclassical covalent bond formed between a radical (cation) and a closed shell molecule. The hemibond formation ability of water has attracted great interest, concerning its role in ionization of water. While many computational studies on the water hemibond have been performed, clear experimental evidence has been hardly reported because the hydrogen bond formation overwhelms the hemibond formation. In the present study, infrared photodissociation spectroscopy is applied to (H2O-Krn)+ (n = 1-3) radical cation clusters. The observed spectra of (H2O-Krn)+ are well reproduced by the anharmonic vibrational simulations based on the hemibonded isomer structures. The firm evidence of the hemibond formation ability of water is revealed.
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- Jing-Min Liu
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, 1 Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-3, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-3, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, 1 Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-3, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, 1 Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-3, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Nakashima Y, Ito Y, Kominato M, Ohshimo K, Misaizu F. Photofragment ion imaging in vibrational predissociation of the H 2O +Ar complex ion. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:174301. [PMID: 34241084 DOI: 10.1063/5.0049609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Vibrational predissociation processes of the H2O+Ar complex ion following mid-infrared excitations of the OH stretching modes and bending overtone of the H2O+ unit were studied by photofragment ion imaging. The anisotropy parameters, β, of the angular distributions of the photofragment ions were clearly dependent on the type (branch) of rotational excitation, β > 0 for the P-branch excitations, while β < 0 for the Q-branch excitations, which were consistent with the previous theoretical predictions for the rotationally resolved optical transition of a prolate symmetric top. The translational energy distributions had a similar form, irrespective of the excitation modes. This result suggests that the prepared excited states underwent a common relaxation pathway via the bending or bending overtone state of the H2O+ unit. In addition, the available energy was preferentially distributed into the rotational energy of the H2O+ fragment ions rather than the translational energy. The mechanism of the rotational excitations of the H2O+ fragment ions was discussed based on the steric configuration of the H2O+ and Ar units at the moment of dissociation.
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- Yuji Nakashima
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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McDonald DC, Rittgers BM, Theis RA, Fortenberry RC, Marks JH, Leicht D, Duncan MA. Infrared spectroscopy and anharmonic theory of H 3 +Ar 2,3 complexes: The role of symmetry in solvation. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:134305. [PMID: 33032436 DOI: 10.1063/5.0023205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The vibrational spectra of H3 +Ar2,3 and D3 +Ar2,3 are investigated in the 2000 cm-1 to 4500 cm-1 region through a combination of mass-selected infrared laser photodissociation spectroscopy and computational work including the effects of anharmonicity. In the reduced symmetry of the di-argon complex, vibrational activity is detected in the regions of both the symmetric and antisymmetric hydrogen stretching modes of H3 +. The tri-argon complex restores the D3h symmetry of the H3 + ion, with a concomitant reduction in the vibrational activity that is limited to the region of the antisymmetric stretch. Throughout these spectra, additional bands are detected beyond those predicted with harmonic vibrational theory. Anharmonic theory is able to reproduce some of the additional bands, with varying degrees of success.
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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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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- 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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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Verma D, Erukala S, Vilesov AF. Infrared Spectroscopy of Water and Zundel Cations in Helium Nanodroplets. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:6207-6213. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c05897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Deepak Verma
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Franke PR, Duncan MA, Douberly GE. Infrared photodissociation spectroscopy and anharmonic vibrational study of the HO 4 + molecular ion. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:174309. [PMID: 32384862 DOI: 10.1063/5.0005975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Molecular cations of HO4 + and DO4 + are produced in a supersonic expansion. They are mass-selected, and infrared photodissociation spectra of these species are measured with the aid of argon-tagging. Although previous theoretical studies have modeled these systems as proton-bound dimers of molecular oxygen, infrared spectra have free OH stretching bands, suggesting other isomeric structures. As a consequence, we undertook extensive computational studies. Our conformer search used a composite method based on an economical combination of single- and multi-reference theories. Several conformers were located on the quintet, triplet, and singlet surfaces, spanning in energy of only a few thousand wavenumbers. Most of the singlet and triplet conformers have pronounced multiconfigurational character. Previously unidentified covalent-like structures (H-O-O-O-O) on the singlet and triplet surfaces likely represent the global minima. In our experiments, HO4 + is formed in a relatively hot environment, and similar experiments have been shown capable of producing multiple conformers in low-lying electronic states. None of the predicted HO4 + isomers can be ruled out a priori based on energetic arguments. We interpret our argon-tagged spectra with Second-Order Vibrational Perturbation Theory with Resonances (VPT2+K). The presence of one or more covalent-like isomers is the only reasonable explanation for the spectral features observed.
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- Peter R Franke
- 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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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Wagner JP, McDonald DC, Duncan MA. An Argon–Oxygen Covalent Bond in the ArOH
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Molecular Ion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201802093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Wagner JP, McDonald DC, Duncan MA. An Argon–Oxygen Covalent Bond in the ArOH
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Molecular Ion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:5081-5085. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Huang QR, Nishigori T, Katada M, Fujii A, Kuo JL. Fermi resonance in solvated H3O+: a counter-intuitive trend confirmed via a joint experimental and theoretical investigation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:13836-13844. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp02151a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In this work, we combine both experimental and theoretical approaches to jointly investigate Ne-tagged and Ar-tagged H3O+ (with n = 1, 2, and 3) to gain a better understanding of the Fermi resonance in solvated H3O+.
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- Qian-Rui Huang
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences
- Academia Sinica
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science
- Tohoku University
- Sendai 980-8578
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science
- Tohoku University
- Sendai 980-8578
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science
- Tohoku University
- Sendai 980-8578
- Japan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences
- Academia Sinica
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
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Mid/near infrared spectroscopy of the H2Cl+Ar cation complex compared to the predictions of anharmonic theory. Chem Phys Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.10.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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