Laser Spectroscopy of Helium Solvated Clusters of Methanol and Methanol–Water in the Symmetric Methyl Stretching Band
Laser Spectroscopy of Helium Solvated Clusters of Methanol and Methanol–Water in the Symmetric Methyl Stretching Band
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对称甲基伸缩带中甲醇和甲醇-水的氦溶剂化簇的激光光谱
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10.1021/acs.jpca.2c08327
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发表时间:
2023
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Raston, Paul L.
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Asiamah, Maameyaa;Raston, Paul L.
Mid-infrared spectra of methanol and methanol–water clusters have been investigated in the symmetric CD3stretching band of CD3OH and CD3OD. We find that the position of this band provides a useful signature of the general type of hydrogen-bonded cluster it is associated with. Our results are consistent with those previously reported in the OH stretching region (Sulaiman, M. I.; Yang, S.; Ellis, A. M.J. Phys. Chem. A2017, 121, 771−776) in that methanol clusters from the trimer to the pentamer are cyclic and that mixed clusters with one water molecule (and at least two methanol molecules) are also cyclic. We additionally provide evidence that the methanol trimer adopts a chair-like structure (as opposed to bowl-like), that mixed clusters with a larger number of water molecules are also cyclic, and that branched methanol clusters contribute to the depletion signal in larger methanol clusters. We performed double-hybrid DFT calculations which support these interpretations.