Solvation of propanediol ions by water molecules in the gas phase

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1123-1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Gilligan ◽  
Nancy E. Vieira ◽  
Alfred L. Yergey
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Water Molecules

scholarly journals Computational Evidence Suggests That 1-chloroethanol May Be an Intermediate in the Thermal Decomposition of 2-chloroethanol into Acetaldehyde and HCl

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoi Salta ◽  
Agnie M. Kosmas ◽  
Oscar Ventura ◽  
Vincenzo Barone
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Water Molecule ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Direct Transformation ◽  
The Density Functional Theory ◽  
Successive Step ◽  
The One

<p>The dehalogenation of 2-chloroethanol (2ClEtOH) in gas phase with and without participation of catalytic water molecules has been investigated using methods rooted into the density functional theory. The well-known HCl elimination leading to vinyl alcohol (VA) was compared to the alternative elimination route towards oxirane and shown to be kinetically and thermodynamically more favorable. However, the isomerization of VA to acetaldehyde in the gas phase, in the absence of water, was shown to be kinetically and thermodynamically less favorable than the recombination of VA and HCl to form the isomeric 1-chloroethanol (1ClEtOH) species. This species is more stable than 2ClEtOH by about 6 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup>, and the reaction barrier is 22 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup> vs 55 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup> for the direct transformation of VA to acetaldehyde. In a successive step, 1ClEtOH can decompose directly to acetaldehyde and HCl with a lower barrier (29 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup>) than that of VA to the same products (55 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup>). The calculations were repeated using a single ancillary water molecule (W) in the complexes 2ClEtOH_W and 1ClEtOH_W. The latter adduct is now more stable than 2ClEtOH_W by about 8 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup>, implying that the water molecule increased the already higher stability of 1ClEtOH in the gas phase. However, this catalytic water molecule lowers dramatically the barrier for the interconversion of VA to acetaldehyde (from 55 to 6 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup>). This barrier is now smaller than the one for the conversion to 1ClEtOH (which also decreases, but not so much, from 22 to 12 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup>). Thus, it is concluded that while 1ClEtOH may be a plausible intermediate in the gas phase dehalogenation of 2ClEtOH, it is unlikely that it plays a major role in water complexes (or, by inference, aqueous solution). It is also shown that neither in the gas phase nor in the cluster with one water molecule, the oxirane path is competitive with the VA alcohol path.</p>

Gas phase multicollisional reactions of metal cluster cations with water molecules

1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 3461-3465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor A. Mikhailov ◽  
Perdita E. Barran ◽  
Anthony J. Stace
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Metal Cluster ◽  
Water Molecules

A Comparative Study of the BJH- and MCYL-Type Potentials Applied to the Gaseous Water Dimer

1991 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 426-432
Author(s):  
Zdenek Slanina
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Minimum Energy ◽  
Water Dimer ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Constant Matrix ◽  
Force Constant Matrix ◽  
Molecular Force ◽  
Phase Water ◽  
Derivatives Of

AbstractVarious refined potentials describing the intra- and inter-molecular force fields of water molecules arc used to calculate the properties of the gas-phase water dimer. The intra-molecular parts have been taken from spectroscopic or quantum-chemical sources. The minimum energy structure was found iteratively using the first derivatives of the potential; the force-constant matrix was constructed by numerical difierentation. A quite close agreement between the Bopp-Jancso-Heinzinger and the Matsuoka-Clementi-Yoshimine-Lie potentials is found. The treatment is applied to seven observed water-dimer isotopomeric isomerizations

Monomerie Metaphosphate: Does it Exist in Aqueous Solution?

1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (12) ◽  
pp. 1585-1587 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Keesee ◽  
A. W. Castleman
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
The Third ◽  
Enthalpy Changes ◽  
Successive Addition ◽  
Dihydrogen Orthophosphate

AbstractEnthalpy changes for the successive addition of the first four water molecules onto monomeric metaphosphate anion in the gas phase have been determined to be -12.6, -11.4, -16.3, and - 11.0 kcal/mol, respectively. The results suggest that the first addition is a simple formation of the adduct PO3- · H2O as apposed to formation of the dihydrogen orthophosphate anion (HO)2PO2-, but that the third addition involves a transformation to the orthophosphate anion.

Gas-phase electrochemistry: Measuring absolute potentials and investigating ion and electron hydration

2011 ◽  
Vol 83 (12) ◽  
pp. 2129-2151 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Donald ◽  
Evan R. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Ion Solvation ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Hydrogen Electrode ◽  
Half Cell ◽  
Hydration Enthalpy ◽  
A Value ◽  
Hydrated Ions ◽  
Solvation Energies ◽  
The University

In solution, half-cell potentials and ion solvation energies (or enthalpies) are measured relative to other values, thus establishing ladders of thermochemical values that are referenced to the potential of the standard hydrogen electrode (SHE) and the proton hydration energy (or enthalpy), respectively, which are both arbitrarily assigned a value of 0. In this focused review article, we describe three routes for obtaining absolute solution-phase half-cell potentials using ion nanocalorimetry, in which the energy resulting from electron capture (EC) by large hydrated ions in the gas phase are obtained from the number of water molecules lost from the reduced precursor cluster, which was developed by the Williams group at the University of California, Berkeley. Recent ion nanocalorimetry methods for investigating ion and electron hydration and for obtaining the absolute hydration enthalpy of the electron are discussed. From these methods, an absolute electrochemical scale and ion solvation scale can be established from experimental measurements without any models.

A density functional theory study of the hydration of calcium ions confined in the interlayer space of montmorillonites

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 1450028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaoyang Lou ◽  
Houbin Liu ◽  
Yao Zhang ◽  
Yingfeng Meng ◽  
Qun Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Interlayer Space ◽  
Negative Charge ◽  
Internal Surface ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Surrounding Water ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Internal Surfaces

The structures of Ca2+hydrates in the interlayer space of montmorillonites (MMT) were studied by periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations under the GGA/PBE approximation. Affected by the internal surfaces, which are rich of negative charge, the Ca2+hydration exhibits different behaviors from that in gas phase. The Ca2+is located at the six-oxygen-ring (SOR) on the internal surface in dry MMT, while the incoming water molecules bind with the Ca2+, the O atoms on surface, and/or with each other. The water molecules have a tendency of forming a hydrogen bond (HB) network that connects the upper and lower surfaces. Attracted by surrounding water molecules, the Ca2+gradually moves outward with increasing number of water molecules. Moreover, the hydration energy (EH) of Ca2+is determined not only by the interaction between Ca2+and H2O , but also by that among Ca2+, H2O and the surfaces. As a result, the EHhas only small changes for additional incoming water molecules, in contrast to the great and monotonic decrease in gas phase.

On the stabilization of the carbonate dianion by sulfur dioxide

2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (11) ◽  
pp. 1125-1135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedrich Grein ◽  
Justin K. Chan ◽  
Idlir Liko
Keyword(s):  
Sulfur Dioxide ◽  
Oxygen Atom ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Electron Detachment ◽  
Optimized Geometries

The stabilization in the gas phase of the carbonate dianion [Formula: see text] by SO2 molecules is being investigated. The geometries of various isomers of [Formula: see text] (SO2)n and [Formula: see text] (SO2)n, for n = 1–4, have been optimized by the B3PW91/6−311+G(3df) method. Single-point CCSD and CCSD(T) energies at the DFT-optimized geometries were obtained for n = 1–3, using the 6−311+G(d) basis set. For n = 1 and 2, the monoanionic clusters are adiabatically more stable than the dianionic ones. However, starting at n = 3, they become less stable. The CCSD adiabatic electron detachment energy of the dianionic cluster switches from −0.39 eV for n = 2 to +0.20 eV for n = 3. The vertical electron detachment energy turns positive at n = 2, with a CCSD value of 1.35 eV. Several of the less stable dianionic, and most of the monoionic clusters, are characterized by the transfer of an oxygen atom from CO3 to SO2, forming [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text] units, owing to [Formula: see text] + CO2 being more stable than [Formula: see text] + SO2. For the stabilization of the sulfate dianion by stepwise hydration, studied both experimentally and theoretically by other groups, a minimum of three water molecules was required.

Photorelaxation of imidazole and adenine via electron-driven proton transfer along H2O wires

2016 ◽  
Vol 195 ◽  
pp. 237-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafał Szabla ◽  
Robert W. Góra ◽  
Mikołaj Janicki ◽  
Jiří Šponer
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Potential Energy Surface ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Energy Surface ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Photochemically created πσ* states were classified among the most prominent factors determining the ultrafast radiationless deactivation and photostability of many biomolecular building blocks. In the past two decades, the gas phase photochemistry of πσ* excitations was extensively investigated and was attributed to N–H and O–H bond fission processes. However, complete understanding of the complex photorelaxation pathways of πσ* states in the aqueous environment was very challenging, owing to the direct participation of solvent molecules in the excited-state deactivation. Here, we present non-adiabatic molecular dynamics simulations and potential energy surface calculations of the photoexcited imidazole–(H2O)5 cluster using the algebraic diagrammatic construction method to the second-order [ADC(2)]. We show that electron driven proton transfer (EDPT) along a wire of at least two water molecules may lead to the formation of a πσ*/S0 state crossing, similarly to what we suggested for 2-aminooxazole. We expand on our previous findings by direct comparison of the imidazole–(H2O)5 cluster to non-adiabatic molecular dynamics simulations of imidazole in the gas phase, which reveal that the presence of water molecules extends the overall excited-state lifetime of the chromophore. To embed the results in a biological context, we provide calculations of potential energy surface cuts for the analogous photorelaxation mechanism present in adenine, which contains an imidazole ring in its structure.

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