Theoretical Messenger Spectroscopy of Microsolvated Hydronium and Zundel Cations
Theoretical Messenger Spectroscopy of Microsolvated Hydronium and Zundel Cations
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.201001672
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Mathias, Gerald
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作者:
Baer, Marcel;Marx, Dominik;Mathias, Gerald
Among the most ubiquitous ions in aqueous solutions are solvated protons, H+(aq), which are of fundamental importance from solution chemistry to enzymatic processes. The two archetypal protonated water complexes, the H3O+(hydronium ion) and H5O2+(Zundel cation), are not only the basic building blocks of more complex transient networks in condensed phases,[1] but have a right of their own in fields such as cluster science and atmospheric chemistry, to name but two. Therefore, finite H+(H2O) n complexes have been the focus of a plethora of investigations.[2–10] Improvements in vibrational spectroscopy, and in particular sophisticated action spectroscopic methods based on messenger predissociation and multiphoton dissociation, allow unprecedented insights into such species.[11, 12] However, the interpretation of messenger spectra is by no means straightforward owing to interactions of the parent molecules with tagging species, such as H2, Ar, or Ne.In pioneering experiments, YT Lee and co-workers studied the hydronium and Zundel cations in the spectral range above 3100 cmÀ1 by H2 microsolvation.[3, 13, 14] These spectra showed that interactions between the messenger species and these cations significantly modify the spectra. Recent high-resolution vibrational predissociation measurements using Ar or Ne adducts now access the full IR fingerprint region down to 600 cmÀ1.[7, 15–18] However, important spectral features, such as the characteristic double band of the proton-transfer mode or the number of bands in the OH stretching region, differ significantly and depend heavily on the experimental method that is employed.[3–5, 13, 16] In a tour de force full-dimensional quantum dynamics calculation (MCTDH), the comprehensive spectral assignment of the bare Zundel cation has been recently accomplished by H.-D. Meyer and co-workers, which explains the aforementioned challenging double band near 1000 cmÀ1 as being a Fermi resonance.[9] However, such very precise