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Borocci S, Cecchi P, Grandinetti F, Sanna N, Zazza C. Noble gas hydrides: theoretical prediction of the first group of anionic species. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:7377-7387. [PMID: 38376451 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05623f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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The first group of anionic noble-gas hydrides with the general formula HNgBeO- (Ng = Ar, Kr, Xe, Rn) is predicted through MP2, Coupled-Cluster, and Density Functional Theory computations employing correlation-consistent atomic basis sets. We derive that these species are stable with respect to the loss of H, H-, BeO, and BeO-, but unstable with respect to Ng + HBeO-. The energy barriers of the latter process are, however, high enough to suggest the conceivable existence of the heaviest HNgBeO- species as metastable in nature. Their stability arises from the interaction of the H- moiety with the positively-charged Ng atoms, particularly with the σ-hole ensuing from their ligation to BeO. This actually promotes relatively tight Ng-H bonds featuring a partially-covalent character, whose degree progressively increases when going from HArBeO- to HRnBeO-. The HNgBeO- compounds are also briefly compared with other noble-gas anions observed in the gas phase or isolated in crystal lattices.
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- Stefano Borocci
- Dipartimento per la Innovazione nei sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università della Tuscia, L.go dell'Università, s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
- Istituto per i Sistemi Biologici del CNR (ISB), Sede di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione c/o Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento per la Innovazione nei sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università della Tuscia, L.go dell'Università, s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
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- Dipartimento per la Innovazione nei sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università della Tuscia, L.go dell'Università, s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
- Istituto per i Sistemi Biologici del CNR (ISB), Sede di Roma - Meccanismi di Reazione c/o Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento per la Innovazione nei sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università della Tuscia, L.go dell'Università, s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi del CNR (ISTP), Via Amendola 122/D, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento per la Innovazione nei sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università della Tuscia, L.go dell'Università, s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
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Montes de Oca-Estévez MJ, Valdés Á, Prosmiti R. A kernel-based machine learning potential and quantum vibrational state analysis of the cationic Ar hydride (Ar 2H +). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:7060-7071. [PMID: 38345626 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05865d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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One of the most fascinating discoveries in recent years, in the cold and low pressure regions of the universe, was the detection of ArH+ and HeH+ species. The identification of such noble gas-containing molecules in space is the key to understanding noble gas chemistry. In the present work, we discuss the possibility of [Ar2H]+ existence as a potentially detectable molecule in the interstellar medium, providing new data on possible astronomical pathways and energetics of this compound. As a first step, a data-driven approach is proposed to construct a full 3D machine-learning potential energy surface (ML-PES) via the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) method. The training and testing data sets are generated from CCSD(T)/CBS[56] computations, while a validation protocol is introduced to ensure the quality of the potential. In turn, the resulting ML-PES is employed to compute vibrational levels and molecular spectroscopic constants for the cation. In this way, the most common isotopologue in ISM, [36Ar2H]+, was characterized for the first time, while simultaneously, comparisons with previously reported values available for [40Ar2H]+ are discussed. Our present data could serve as a benchmark for future studies on this system, as well as on higher-order cationic Ar-hydrides of astrophysical interest.
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- María Judit Montes de Oca-Estévez
- Institute of Fundamental Physics (IFF-CSIC), CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
- Atelgraphics S.L., Mota de Cuervo 42, 28043, Madrid, Spain
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- Escuela de Física, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, A. A., 3840, Medellín, Colombia
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- Institute of Fundamental Physics (IFF-CSIC), CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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Tóbiás R, Simkó I, Császár AG. Unusual Dynamics and Vibrational Fingerprints of van der Waals Dimers Formed by Linear Molecules and Rare-Gas Atoms. J Chem Theory Comput 2023. [PMID: 38032107 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Detailed structural, dynamical, and vibrational analyses have been performed for systems composed of linear triatomic molecules solvated by a single rare-gas atom, He, Ne, or Ar. Among the chromophores of these van der Waals (vdW) dimers, there are four neutral molecules (CO2, CS2, N2O, and OCS) and six molecular cations (HHe2+, HNe2+, HAr2+, HHeNe+, HHeAr+, and HNeAr+), both of apolar and polar nature. Following the exploration of bonding preferences, high-level four-dimensional (4D) potential energy surfaces (PESs) have been developed for 24 vdW dimers, keeping the two intramonomer bond lengths fixed. For these 24 complexes, over 1500 bound vibrational states have been obtained via quasi-variational nuclear-motion computations, employing exact kinetic-energy operators together with the accurate 4D PESs and their 2D/3D cuts. The reduced-dimensional (2D to 4D) dimer models have been compared with full-dimensional (6D) ones in the cases of the neutral CO2·Ar and charged HHe2+·He dimers, corroborating the high accuracy of the 2D to 4D vibrational energies. The reduced-dimensional models suggest that (a) while the equilibrium structures are T-shaped and planar, the effective ground-state structures are nonplanar, (b) certain bound states belong to collinear molecular structures, even when they are not minima, (c) the vdW vibrations are heavily mixed and many states have amplitudes corresponding to both the T-shaped and collinear structures, (d) there are a few dimers, for which even some of the vdW fundamentals lie above the first dissociation limit, and (e) the vdW vibrations are almost fully decoupled from the intramonomer bending motion.
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- Roland Tóbiás
- HUN-REN-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, P.O. Box 32, H-1518 Budapest 112, Hungary
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- Hevesy György PhD School of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
- Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- HUN-REN-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, P.O. Box 32, H-1518 Budapest 112, Hungary
- Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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Montes de Oca-Estévez MJ, Prosmiti R. Quantum computations in heavy noble-gas hydride cations: Reference energies and new spectroscopic data. J Mol Graph Model 2023; 124:108562. [PMID: 37454411 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2023.108562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Computational quantum chemistry has become a powerful tool with a wide range of possibilities to solve chemical-physical problems. As a result of this, the interest in the applications of computational quantum chemistry has expanded considerably, and has opened up novel research opportunities. In particular, those related to the characterization of heavy-atoms complexes, as most electronic structure calculations for such systems struggle with the problem posed by the large number of electrons present in them, and consequently, the introduction of relativistic effects. The present study performed an exhaustive assess to characterized the uncommon NgH+ (Ng = Kr, Xe, and Rn) hydride cations in order to provide accurate rovibrational data of their isotopes to assist in the laboratory characterization or even their astronomical detection. Scalar relativistic effects were included, and the ground and first electronically exited states potential curves were obtained from benchmark ab initio CCSD(T)/CBS and MRCI+Q electronic structure calculations. Next, such interaction potentials, correctly extended to long-range asymptotic regions, were employed in quantum bound state calculations and molecular spectroscopic constants were determined for the most abundance 84Kr, 132Xe, and 222Rn isotopes. Our results were discussed in comparison with available experimental and previous theoretical estimates, aiming to treat accuracy issues. The new sets provide reference data that could serve for spectroscopic characterization of such low abundance and high radioactive species.
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- María Judit Montes de Oca-Estévez
- Institute of Fundamental Physics, CSIC (IFF-CSIC), Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain; Atelgraphics S.L., Mota de Cuervo 42, 28043, Madrid, Spain; Doctoral Programme in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling, Doctoral School, UAM, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Fundamental Physics, CSIC (IFF-CSIC), Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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Vásquez-Espinal A, Pino-Rios R. Strong carbon - noble gas covalent bond and fluxionality in hypercoordinate compounds. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:27468-27474. [PMID: 37800185 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03576j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Thermodynamic, kinetic, and chemical bonding analysis at the coupled cluster level has been carried out for a series of hypercoordinated carbon compounds with formula CH4Ng2+ (Ng = He-Rn). Results show that these compounds could be stable at room temperature and Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics simulations (BOMD) in conjunction with activation energies indicate high kinetic stability. In addition, all chemical bonding descriptors agree with a strong C-Ng covalent bond and a bonding pattern similar to that of CH5+. Finally, BOMD simulations showed that these compounds are fluxional, with a continuous formation/breaking of H-H and C-H bonds. To the best of the authors' knowledge, these results represent the first series of fluxional compounds possessing a covalent bond between a main group element and a noble gas atom.
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- Alejandro Vásquez-Espinal
- Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat. Casilla 121, Iquique 1100000, Chile.
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- Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat. Casilla 121, Iquique 1100000, Chile.
- Instituto de Estudios de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, 1100000, Chile
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Montes de Oca-Estévez MJ, Darna B, García-Ruiz B, Prosmiti R, González-Lezana T, Koner D. Ar+ ArH + Reactive Collisions of Astrophysical Interest: The Case of 36 Ar. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202300450. [PMID: 37477047 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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The reactive collision between 36 Ar and the 36 ArH+ species has been investigated by means of quantum mechanical (QM), quasiclassical trajectories (QCT) and statistical quantum mechanical (SQM) approaches. Reaction probabilities, cross sections as a function of the energy and rate constants in terms of the temperature have been obtained. Cumulative distributions as a function of the collision time and the inspection of selected QCT corresponding to specific dynamical mechanisms have been analysed. Predictions by means of the SQM method are in good agreement with the QM results, thus supporting the complex-forming nature of the process.
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- María Judit Montes de Oca-Estévez
- Instituto de Física Fundamental, IFF-CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006, Madrid, Spain
- Atelgraphics S.L., Mota de Cuervo 42, 28043, Madrid, Spain
- Doctoral Programme in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling, Doctoral School, UAM, Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Science, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200H, box 2100, 3001 Heverlee, Leuven, Belgium
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, IFF-CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, IFF-CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Kandi, Sangareddy, 502284, Telangana, India
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Konings M, Harvey JN, Loreau J. Machine Learning Representations of the Three Lowest Adiabatic Electronic Potential Energy Surfaces for the ArH 2+ Reactive System. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:8083-8094. [PMID: 37748085 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c04015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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In this work, we present Gaussian process regression machine learning representations of the three lowest coupled 2A' adiabatic electronic potential energy surfaces of the ArH2+ reactive system in full dimensionality. Additionally, the nonadiabatic coupling matrix elements were calculated. These adiabatic potentials and their nonadiabatic couplings are necessary ingredients in the theoretical investigation of the nonadiabatic reaction dynamics of the Ar + H2+ → ArH+ + H and Ar+ + H2 → ArH+ + H reactions, as well as the competing charge transfer process, Ar + H2+↔ Ar+ + H2. Accurate ab initio electronic structure calculations (ic-MRCI+Q/aug-cc-pVQZ), whereby the effect of spin-orbit coupling in Ar+ has been accounted for through the state interaction method, serve as input for the machine learning training process. The potential energy surfaces are fitted with high accuracies, with root-mean-square errors on the order of 10-7 eV for the three surfaces, which meet the requirements for chemical dynamics at low temperature. It was found that quite a large number of training points (of the order of 5000 ab initio points) are needed in order to achieve these accuracies due to the complex topography of these electronic surfaces.
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- Maarten Konings
- Division of Quantum Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Quantum Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Quantum Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Dzięcioł B, Osadchuk I, Cukras J, Lundell J. Complexes of HXeY with HX (Y, X = F, Cl, Br, I): Symmetry-Adapted Perturbation Theory Study and Anharmonic Vibrational Analysis. Molecules 2023; 28:5148. [PMID: 37446809 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28135148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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A comprehensive analysis of the intermolecular interaction energy and anharmonic vibrations of 41 structures of the HXeY⋯HX (X, Y = F, Cl, Br, I) family of noble-gas-compound complexes for all possible combinations of Y and X was conducted. New structures were identified, and their interaction energies were studied by means of symmetry-adapted perturbation theory, up to second-order corrections: this provided insight into the physical nature of the interaction in the complexes. The energy components were discussed, in connection to anharmonic frequency analysis. The results show that the induction and dispersion corrections were the main driving forces of the interaction, and that their relative contributions correlated with the complexation effects seen in the vibrational stretching modes of Xe-H and H-X. Reasonably clear patterns of interaction were found for different structures. Our findings corroborate previous findings with better methods, and provide new data. These results suggest that the entire group of the studied complexes can be labelled as "naturally blueshifting", except for the complexes with HI.
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- Bartosz Dzięcioł
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Borocci S, Grandinetti F, Sanna N. Complexes of NgHNg+ (Ng = He, Ne, Ar) with He: Theoretical insights into structure, stability, and bonding character. Chem Phys Lett 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2023.140443] [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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Wang J, Marks JH, Turner AM, Mebel AM, Eckhardt AK, Kaiser RI. Gas-phase detection of oxirene. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadg1134. [PMID: 36897943 PMCID: PMC10005165 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg1134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Oxirenes-highly strained 4π Hückel antiaromatic organics-have been recognized as key reactive intermediates in the Wolff rearrangement and in interstellar environments. Predicting short lifetimes and tendency toward ring opening, oxirenes are one of the most mysterious classes of organic transients, with the isolation of oxirene (c-C2H2O) having remained elusive. Here, we report on the preparation of oxirene in low-temperature methanol-acetaldehyde matrices upon energetic processing through isomerization of ketene (H2CCO) followed by resonant energy transfer of the internal energy of oxirene to the vibrational modes (hydroxyl stretching and bending, methyl deformation) of methanol. Oxirene was detected upon sublimation in the gas phase exploiting soft photoionization coupled with a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry. These findings advance our fundamental understanding of the chemical bonding and stability of cyclic, strained molecules and afford a versatile strategy for the synthesis of highly ring-strained transients in extreme environments.
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- Jia Wang
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Kuntar SP, Ghosh A, Ghanty TK. Prediction of donor-acceptor-type novel noble gas complexes in the triplet electronic state. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:6987-6994. [PMID: 36807359 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05813h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Closed-shell noble gas (Ng) compounds in the singlet electronic state have been extensively studied in the past two decades after the revolutionary discovery of 1HArF molecule. Motivated by the experimental identification of very strong donor-acceptor-type singlet-state Ng complex 1ArOH+, in the present article, for the first time, we report new donor-acceptor-type noble gas complexes in the triplet electronic state (3NgBeN+ (Ng = He-Rn)), where most of the Ng-Be bond lengths are smaller than the corresponding covalent limits. The newly proposed complexes are predicted to be stable by various computational tools, including coupled-cluster and multireference-based methods, with strong Ng-Be bonding (40.4-196.2 kJ mol-1). We have also investigated 3NgBeP+ (Ng = He-Rn) complexes for the purpose of comparison. Various computational results, including the structural parameters, bonding energies, vibrational frequencies, and atoms-in-molecule properties suggest that it may be possible to prepare and characterize these triplet state complexes through suitable experimental technique(s).
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- Subrahmanya Prasad Kuntar
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India.,Bio-Science Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India.
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India.,Laser and Plasma Technology Division, Beam Technology Development Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India.,Bio-Science Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India.
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Báez-Grez R, Yáñez O, Pino-Rios R. Electronic Transmutation Concept: Is the Inverse Process Possible? An Evaluation of Main Group Compounds. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:2880-2886. [PMID: 36713707 PMCID: PMC9878657 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The electronic transmutation (ET) concept states that when an element with atomic number Z gains an electron, it transmutes into a Z + 1 element, leading to species that possess similar chemical bonding patterns and geometric structures regarding the original (Z + 1) element. In this work, the opposite concept, that is, the inverse ET, is assessed. For this purpose, several main group compounds have been analyzed in terms of the adaptive natural density partitioning. The obtained results suggest that when an atom Z loses an electron, it transmutes into a Z - 1 atom, acquiring its geometrical structure and bonding pattern.
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- Rodrigo Báez-Grez
- Computational
and Theoretical Chemistry Group, Departamento de Ciencias Químicas,
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad
Andres Bello, República
275, Santiago 8320000, Chile
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- Facultad
de Ingeniería y Negocios, Universidad
de las Américas, Santiago 7500000, Chile
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- Química
y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat. Casilla 121, Iquique 1100000, Chile
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A. C. McDowel S, Arthurs VC. A comparative computational study of binary complexes of the structural isomers, propargylimine and acrylonitrile, with small molecules in the interstellar medium (ism). COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Armenta Butt S, Price SD. Bimolecular reactions of CH 2CN 2+ with Ar, N 2 and CO: reactivity and dynamics. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:15824-15839. [PMID: 35758308 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01523d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The reactivity, energetics and dynamics of bimolecular reactions between CH2CN2+ and three neutral species (Ar, N2 and CO) have been studied using a position sensitive coincidence methodology at centre-of-mass collision energies of 4.3-5.0 eV. This is the first study of bimolecular reactions involving CH2CN2+, a species relevant to the ionospheres of planets and satellites, including Titan. All of the collision systems investigated display two collision-induced dissociation (CID) channels, resulting in the formation of C+ + CH2N+ and H+ + HC2N+. Evidence for channels involving further dissociation of the CID product HC2N+, forming H + CCN+, were detected in the N2 and CO systems. Proton-transfer from the dication to the neutral species occurs in all three of the systems via a direct mechanism. Additionally, there are product channels resulting from single electron transfer following collisions of CH2CN2+ with both N2 and CO, but interestingly no electron transfer following collisions with Ar. Electronic structure calculations of the lowest energy electronic states of CH2CN2+ reveal six local geometric minima: both doublet and quartet spin states for cyclic, linear (CH2CN), and linear isocyanide (CH2NC) molecular geometries. The lowest energy electronic state was determined to be the doublet state of the cyclic dication. The ready generation of C+ ions by collision-induced dissociation suggests that the cyclic or linear isocyanide dication geometries are present in the [CH2CN]2+ beam.
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- Sam Armenta Butt
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
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Tan JA, Kuo JL. Spectral Signatures of Protonated Noble Gas Clusters of Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe: From Monomers to Trimers. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27103198. [PMID: 35630674 PMCID: PMC9143425 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27103198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The structures and spectral features of protonated noble gas clusters are examined using a first principles approach. Protonated noble gas monomers (NgH+) and dimers (NgH+Ng) have a linear structure, while the protonated noble gas trimers (Ng3H+) can have a T-shaped or linear structure. Successive binding energies for these complexes are calculated at the CCSD(T)/CBS level of theory. Anharmonic simulations for the dimers and trimers unveil interesting spectral features. The symmetric NgH+Ng are charactized by a set of progression bands, which involves one quantum of the asymmetric Ng-H+ stretch with multiple quanta of the symmetric Ng-H+ stretch. Such a spectral signature is very robust and is predicted to be observed in both T-shaped and linear isomers of Ng3H+. Meanwhile, for selected asymmetric NgH+Ng’, a Fermi resonance interaction involving the first overtone of the proton bend with the proton stretch is predicted to occur in ArH+Kr and XeH+Kr.
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Tsegaw YA, Li H, Andrews L, Cho HG, Voßnacker P, Beckers H, Riedel S. (Noble Gas) n -NC + Molecular Ions in Noble Gas Matrices: Matrix Infrared Spectra and Electronic Structure Calculations. Chemistry 2021; 28:e202103142. [PMID: 34897851 PMCID: PMC9299772 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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An investigation of pulsed‐laser‐ablated Zn, Cd and Hg metal atom reactions with HCN under excess argon during co‐deposition with laser‐ablated Hg atoms from a dental amalgam target also provided Hg emissions capable of photoionization of the CN photo‐dissociation product. A new band at 1933.4 cm−1 in the region of the CN and CN+ gas‐phase fundamental absorptions that appeared upon annealing the matrix to 20 K after sample deposition, and disappeared upon UV photolysis is assigned to (Ar)nCN+, our key finding. It is not possible to determine the n coefficient exactly, but structure calculations suggest that one, two, three or four argon atoms can solvate the CN+ cation in an argon matrix with C−N absorptions calculated (B3LYP) to be between 2317.2 and 2319.8 cm−1. Similar bands were observed in solid krypton at 1920.5, in solid xenon at 1935.4 and in solid neon at 1947.8 cm−1. H13CN reagent gave an 1892.3 absorption with shift instead, and a 12/13 isotopic frequency ratio–nearly the same as found for 13CN+ itself in the gas phase and in the argon matrix. The CN+ molecular ion serves as a useful infrared probe to examine Ng clusters. The following ion reactions are believed to occur here: the first step upon sample deposition is assisted by a focused pulsed YAG laser, and the second step occurs on sample annealing: (Ar)2++CN→Ar+CN+→(Ar)nCN+.
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- Yetsedaw A Tsegaw
- Anorganische Chemie, Institut fur Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 34-36, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Anorganische Chemie, Institut fur Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 34-36, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22012, South Korea
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- Anorganische Chemie, Institut fur Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 34-36, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Anorganische Chemie, Institut fur Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 34-36, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Anorganische Chemie, Institut fur Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universitat Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 34-36, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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Rani N. Rotational and Vibrational Signatures of Astrophyscially relevant Gas-Phase Stereo-isomeric Species of Proteinogenic Amino acid Leucine. LIFE SCIENCES IN SPACE RESEARCH 2021; 30:29-38. [PMID: 34281662 DOI: 10.1016/j.lssr.2021.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The search for life-supporting molecules in outer space is an ever-growing endeavour. Towards this, the computational chemistry supporting the astronomical spectroscopic observations is becoming a valuable tool to unravel the complex chemical network in interstellar medium (ISM). In the present work, quantum-mechanical computations, accounting for anharmonic effects, are performed to obtain the rotational and vibrational line-data for the gas-phase conformers of proteinogenic amino acid Leucine and its isomeric species predicted to be involved in its stereoinversion under the extreme environment of ISM. These species exhibit diverse chemistry including branched skeleton and zwitterionic ammonium ylides. A few of the species have significantly high dipole moment, which can act as tracer for the conformers of Leucine having low dipole moment. Besides this, the species, which are terrestrially less stable, can be of significant importance to the astronomers. Notably, the spectral database generated in this work can assist in the detection of proteinogenic Leucine and its isomeric species in different regions of ISM.
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- Namrata Rani
- Quantum Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry & Centre of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014, India
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Koner D, Barrios L, González-Lezana T, Panda AN. Atom-Diatom Reactive Scattering Collisions in Protonated Rare Gas Systems. Molecules 2021; 26:4206. [PMID: 34299481 PMCID: PMC8304066 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26144206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The study of the dynamics of atom-diatom reactions involving two rare gas (Rg) atoms and protons is of crucial importance given the astrophysical relevance of these processes. In a series of previous studies, we have been investigating a number of such Rg(1)+ Rg(2)H+→ Rg(2)+ Rg(1)H+ reactions by means of different numerical approaches. These investigations comprised the construction of accurate potential energy surfaces by means of ab initio calculations. In this work, we review the state-of-art of the study of these protonated Rg systems making special emphasis on the most relevant features regarding the dynamical mechanisms which govern these reactive collisions. The aim of this work therefore is to provide an as complete as possible description of the existing information regarding these processes.
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- Debasish Koner
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Karakambadi Road, Tirupati 517507, Andhra Pradesh, India;
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- Department of Chemistry, CMS—Centre for Molecular Simulation, IQST—Institute for Quantum Science and Technology and Quantum Alberta, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada;
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam 781039, India;
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Montes de Oca-Estévez MJ, Prosmiti R. Computational Characterization of Astrophysical Species: The Case of Noble Gas Hydride Cations. Front Chem 2021; 9:664693. [PMID: 34046396 PMCID: PMC8144312 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.664693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Theoretical-computational studies together with recent astronomical observations have shown that under extreme conditions in the interstellar medium (ISM), complexes of noble gases may be formed. Such observations have generated a wide range of possibilities. In order to identify new species containing such atoms, the present study gathers spectroscopic data for noble gas hydride cations, NgH+ (Ng = He, Ne, Ar) from high-level ab initio quantum chemistry computations, aiming to contribute in understanding the chemical bonding and electron sharing in these systems. The interaction potentials are obtained from CCSD(T)/CBS and MRCI+Q calculations using large basis sets, and then employed to compute vibrational levels and molecular spectroscopic constants for all known stable isotopologues of ground state NgH+ cations. Comparisons with previously reported values available are discussed, indicating that the present data could serve as a benchmark for future studies on these systems and on higher-order cationic noble gas hydrides of astrophysical interest.
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- María Judit Montes de Oca-Estévez
- Department of Atomic, Molecular and Surface Processes (PAMS), Institute of Fundamental Physics (IFF-CSIC), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- Atelgraphics S.L., Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Atomic, Molecular and Surface Processes (PAMS), Institute of Fundamental Physics (IFF-CSIC), CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Tan JA, Kuo JL. Fermi resonance switching in KrH +Rg and XeH +Rg (Rg = Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe). J Chem Phys 2021; 154:134302. [PMID: 33832263 DOI: 10.1063/5.0044703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Matrix isolation experiments have been successfully employed to extensively study the infrared spectrum of several proton-bound rare gas complexes. Most of these studies have focused on the spectral signature for the H+ stretch (ν3) and its combination bands with the intermolecular stretch coordinate (ν1). However, little attention has been paid to the Fermi resonance interaction between the H+ stretch (ν3) and H+ bend overtone (2ν2) in the asymmetric proton-bound rare gas dimers, RgH+Rg'. In this work, we have investigated this interaction on KrH+Rg and XeH+Rg with Rg = (Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe). A multilevel potential energy surface (PES) was used to simulate the vibrational structure of these complexes. This PES is a dual-level comprising of second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory and coupled-cluster singles doubles with perturbative triples [CCSD(T)] levels of ab initio theories. We found that when both the combination bands (nν1 + ν3) and bend overtone 2ν2 compete to borrow intensity from the ν3 band, the latter wins over the former, which then results in the suppression of the nν1 + ν3 bands. The current simulations offer new assignments for the ArH+Xe and KrH+Xe spectra. Complete basis set (CBS) binding energies for these complexes were also calculated at the CCSD(T)/CBS level.
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- Jake A Tan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, No. 1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Da-an District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, No. 1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Da-an District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan
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On the Proton-Bound Noble Gas Dimers (Ng-H-Ng) + and (Ng-H-Ng') + (Ng, Ng'= He-Xe): Relationships betweenStructure, Stability, and Bonding Character. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26051305. [PMID: 33671081 PMCID: PMC7957648 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26051305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The structure, stability, and bonding character of fifteen (Ng-H-Ng)+ and (Ng-H-Ng’)+ (Ng, Ng’ = He-Xe) compounds were explored by theoretical calculations performed at the coupled cluster level of theory. The nature of the stabilizing interactions was, in particular, assayed using a method recently proposed by the authors to classify the chemical bonds involving the noble-gas atoms. The bond distances and dissociation energies of the investigated ions fall in rather large intervals, and follow regular periodic trends, clearly referable to the difference between the proton affinity (PA) of the various Ng and Ng’. These variations are nicely correlated with the bonding situation of the (Ng-H-Ng)+ and (Ng-H-Ng’)+. The Ng-H and Ng’-H contacts range, in fact, between strong covalent bonds to weak, non-covalent interactions, and their regular variability clearly illustrates the peculiar capability of the noble gases to undergo interactions covering the entire spectrum of the chemical bond.
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Koner D. Quantum and quasiclassical dynamical simulations for the Ar 2H + on a new global analytical potential energy surface. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:054303. [PMID: 33557552 DOI: 10.1063/5.0039252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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A new analytical potential energy surface (PES) has been constructed for the Ar2H+ system from a dataset consisting of a large number of ab initio energies computed using the coupled-cluster singles, doubles and perturbative triples method and aug-cc-pVQZ basis set. The long-range interaction is added to the diatomic potentials using a standard long range expansion form to better describe the asymptotic regions. The vibrational states for the most stable structures of the Ar2H+ system have been calculated, and few low lying states are assigned to quantum numbers. Reactive scattering studies have been performed for the Ar + Ar'H+ → Ar' + ArH+ proton exchange reaction on the newly generated PES. Reaction probability, cross sections, and rate constants are calculated for the Ar + Ar'H+(v = 0, j = 0) collisions within 0.01 eV-0.6 eV of relative translational energy using exact quantum dynamical simulations as well as quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) calculations. The effect of vibrational excitation of the reactants is also explored for the reaction. State averaged rate constants are calculated for the proton exchange reaction at different temperatures using the QCT method. The mechanistic pathways for the reaction are understood by analyzing the quasiclassical trajectories.
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- Debasish Koner
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Karakambadi Road, Mangalam, Tirupati 517507, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Arrué L, Pino-Rios R. On the stability and chemical bond of noble gas halide cations NgX + (Ng = He - Rn; X = F - I). J Comput Chem 2021; 42:124-129. [PMID: 33098682 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Despite the belief that noble gases (Ng) are completely inert and cannot form stable molecules, a variety of Ng compounds have been reported under laboratory conditions and others were recently detected in the interstellar media, raising interest in knowing and studying their bond nature and the physicochemical properties associated with their stability. In the present work, a systematic analysis of the thermodynamic stability of noble gas halide cations (NgX+ ) at the CCSD(T)/def2-QZVP level have been performed. In addition, chemical bond was characterized through Natural Bonding Theory (NBO), Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM) and Energy Decomposition Analysis (EDA) with relativistic corrections. All methods suggest that NgX+ compounds possess a strong covalent bond. However, results show that only compounds containing Ar-Rn atoms are thermodynamic stable with a highly energetic and endergonic dissociation process. For these reasons, it is possible to suggest that several compounds that have not yet been reported could be obtained at the laboratory level or observed in the interstellar medium.
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- Lily Arrué
- Doctorado en Fisicoquímica Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB), Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile.,Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Providencia, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Química Teórica, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) Av, Estación Central, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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Liu Z, He J, Li Y, Bai Y, Lin Q, Guo Y, Zhang F, Wu H, Jia J. Dative versus electron-sharing bonding in the isoelectronic argon compounds ArR + (R = CH 3, NH 2, OH, and F). NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj05326k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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For the series of isoelectronic ArR+ (R = CH3, NH2, OH, and F) complexes, the nature of the bonding between Ar and R shifts from an Ar → R+ dative σ bond in ArCH3+ and ArNH2+ to an Ar+–R electron-sharing σ bond in ArOH+ and ArF+.
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- Zhiling Liu
- School of Chemical and Material Science
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials
- Ministry of Education
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen
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- School of Chemical and Material Science
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials
- Ministry of Education
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen
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- School of Chemical and Material Science
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials
- Ministry of Education
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen
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- School of Chemical and Material Science
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials
- Ministry of Education
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen
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- School of Chemical and Material Science
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials
- Ministry of Education
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen
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- School of Chemical and Material Science
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials
- Ministry of Education
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen
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- School of Chemical and Material Science
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials
- Ministry of Education
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen
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- School of Chemical and Material Science
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials
- Ministry of Education
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen
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- School of Chemical and Material Science
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials
- Ministry of Education
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen
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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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The structure and vibrational spectra of protonated Ar clusters ArnH+ (n = 2-3) are studied using potential energy surfaces at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ level and basis set. Ar binding energies, as well as position isomerism in Ar3H+, were investigated. In our previous work, the spectra of Ar2H+ reveal a strong progression of combination bands, which involves the asymmetric Ar-H+ stretch with multiple quanta of the symmetric Ar-H+ stretch. In this work, insights on the origin of such progression were examined using an adiabatic model. In addition, contributions from mechanical and electrical anharmonicity on the progressions' intensities were also examined. Comparison of the calculated spectrum for the bare and Ar-tagged ions reveals that the reduction of the symmetry group, from D∞h to either C∞v or C2v, results in a richer vibrational structure in the 500-1700 cm-1 region. When compared with previously reported action spectra (D. C. McDonald III, D. T. Mauney, D. Leicht, J. H. Marks, J. A. Tan, J.-L. Kuo, and M. A. Duncan, J. Chem. Phys., 2016, 145, 231,101), it appears that the position isomers, because of the binding of the weakly bound Ar messenger, are needed to account for the additional bands in the infrared photodissociation spectrum for Ar3H+. These findings demonstrate the active role of the messenger atom in relaxing some of the selection rules for the bare ion's vibrational transitions - resulting in an augmentation of the bands in the action spectrum.
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- Jake A Tan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, No.1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Da-an District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan (ROC)
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, No.1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Da-an District, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan (ROC)
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Mazej Z. Noble-Gas Chemistry More than Half a Century after the First Report of the Noble-Gas Compound. Molecules 2020; 25:E3014. [PMID: 32630333 PMCID: PMC7412050 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25133014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Recent development in the synthesis and characterization of noble-gas compounds is reviewed, i.e., noble-gas chemistry reported in the last five years with emphasis on the publications issued after 2017. XeF2 is commercially available and has a wider practical application both in the laboratory use and in the industry. As a ligand it can coordinate to metal centers resulting in [M(XeF2)x]n+ salts. With strong Lewis acids, XeF2 acts as a fluoride ion donor forming [XeF]+ or [Xe2F3]+ salts. Latest examples are [Xe2F3][RuF6]·XeF2, [Xe2F3][RuF6] and [Xe2F3][IrF6]. Adducts NgF2·CrOF4 and NgF2·2CrOF4 (Ng = Xe, Kr) were synthesized and structurally characterized at low temperatures. The geometry of XeF6 was studied in solid argon and neon matrices. Xenon hexafluoride is a well-known fluoride ion donor forming various [XeF5]+ and [Xe2F11]+ salts. A large number of crystal structures of previously known or new [XeF5]+ and [Xe2F11]+ salts were reported, i.e., [Xe2F11][SbF6], [XeF5][SbF6], [XeF5][Sb2F11], [XeF5][BF4], [XeF5][TiF5], [XeF5]5[Ti10F45], [XeF5][Ti3F13], [XeF5]2[MnF6], [XeF5][MnF5], [XeF5]4[Mn8F36], [Xe2F11]2[SnF6], [Xe2F11]2[PbF6], [XeF5]4[Sn5F24], [XeF5][Xe2F11][CrVOF5]·2CrVIOF4, [XeF5]2[CrIVF6]·2CrVIOF4, [Xe2F11]2[CrIVF6], [XeF5]2[CrV2O2F8], [XeF5]2[CrV2O2F8]·2HF, [XeF5]2[CrV2O2F8]·2XeOF4, A[XeF5][SbF6]2 (A = Rb, Cs), Cs[XeF5][BixSb1-xF6]2 (x = ~0.37-0.39), NO2XeF5(SbF6)2, XeF5M(SbF6)3 (M = Ni, Mg, Zn, Co, Cu, Mn and Pd) and (XeF5)3[Hg(HF)]2(SbF6)7. Despite its extreme sensitivity, many new XeO3 adducts were synthesized, i.e., the 15-crown adduct of XeO3, adducts of XeO3 with triphenylphosphine oxide, dimethylsulfoxide and pyridine-N-oxide, and adducts between XeO3 and N-bases (pyridine and 4-dimethylaminopyridine). [Hg(KrF2)8][AsF6]2·2HF is a new example of a compound in which KrF2 serves as a ligand. Numerous new charged species of noble gases were reported (ArCH2+, ArOH+, [ArB3O4]+, [ArB3O5]+, [ArB4O6]+, [ArB5O7]+, [B12(CN)11Ne]-). Molecular ion HeH+ was finally detected in interstellar space. The discoveries of Na2He and ArNi at high pressure were reported. Bonding motifs in noble-gas compounds are briefly commented on in the last paragraph of this review.
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- Zoran Mazej
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Technology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Grandinetti F. Cationic Noble-Gas Hydrides: From Ion Sources to Outer Space. Front Chem 2020; 8:462. [PMID: 32637393 PMCID: PMC7317115 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Cationic species with noble gas (Ng)-hydrogen bonds play a major role in the gas-phase ion chemistry of the group 18 elements. These species first emerged more than 90 years ago, when the simplest HeH+ and HeH2 + were detected from ionized He/H2 mixtures. Over the years, the family has considerably expanded and currently includes various bonding motifs that are investigated with intense experimental and theoretical interest. Quite recently, the results of these studies acquired new and fascinating implications. The diatomic ArH+ and HeH+ were, in fact, detected in various galactic and extragalactic regions, and this stimulates intriguing questions concerning the actual role in the outer space of the Ng-H cations observed in the laboratory. The aim of this review is to briefly summarize the most relevant information currently available on the structure, stability, and routes of formation of these fascinating systems.
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- Felice Grandinetti
- Dipartimento per la Innovazione nei Sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
- Istituto per i Sistemi Biologici del CNR, Monterotondo, Italy
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Gruet S, Pirali O. Far-infrared spectroscopy of heavy protonated noble gas species using synchrotron radiation. Mol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1564851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Sébastien Gruet
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
- AILES beamline, SOLEIL Synchrotron, L’Orme des Merisiers, 91190 Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
- AILES beamline, SOLEIL Synchrotron, L’Orme des Merisiers, 91190 Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Tan JA, Kuo JL. A theoretical study on the infrared signatures of proton-bound rare gas dimers (Rg-H +-Rg), Rg = {Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe}. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:124305. [PMID: 30927880 DOI: 10.1063/1.5090031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The infrared spectrum of proton-bound rare gas dimers has been extensively studied via matrix isolation spectroscopy. However, little attention has been paid on their spectrum in the gas phase. Most of the Rg2H+ has not been detected outside the matrix environment. Recently, ArnH+ (n = 3-7) has been first detected in the gas-phase [D. C. McDonald et al., J. Chem. Phys. 145, 231101 (2016)]. In that work, anharmonic theory can reproduce the observed vibrational structure. In this paper, we extend the existing theory to examine the vibrational signatures of Rg2H+, Rg = {Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe}. The successive binding of Rg to H+ was investigated through the calculation of stepwise formation energies. It was found that this binding is anti-cooperative. High-level full-dimensional potential energy surfaces at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ//MP2/aug-cc-pVQZ were constructed and used in the anharmonic calculation via discrete variable representation. We found that the potential coupling between the symmetric and asymmetric Rg-H+ stretch (ν1 and ν3 respectively) causes a series of bright n1ν1 + ν3 progressions. From Ne2H+ to Xe2H+, an enhancement of intensities for these bands was observed.
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- Jake A Tan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, No. 1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, No. 1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Fortenberry RC, Lee TJ. Computational vibrational spectroscopy for the detection of molecules in space. ANNUAL REPORTS IN COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.arcc.2019.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Fortenberry RC, Ascenzi D. ArCH 2 + : A Detectable Noble Gas Molecule. Chemphyschem 2018; 19:3388-3392. [PMID: 30370986 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The noble gas molecular cation, ArCH2 + , has been observed in mass spectrometry experiments, and the present work is providing high-level quantum chemical predictions for the vibrational and rotational spectroscopic data necessary to observe this molecule in situ in other laboratory conditions. The Ar-C stretch in this cation is a bright fundamental vibrational frequency that should be observable in the early regions of the far-infrared at 421.2 cm-1 for the universally most common 36 Ar isotope. The near-prolate nature of this molecule and its 2.91 D dipole moment should also make it distinguishable for submillimeter detection, as well. Furthermore, the Ar-C bond strength in ArCH2 + is greater than the global minimum for the dissociation of the experimentally known ArOH+ cation. As a result, the infrared spectrum of this simple organo-noble gas molecule is likely waiting to be observed and may already exist in the spectra of hydrocarbon cations in argon-matrix condensed phase experiments.
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- Ryan C Fortenberry
- University of Mississippi, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University, MS 38677-1848, U.S.A
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- University of Trento, Department of Physics, Via Sommarive 14, 38050, Povo Trento, Italy
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2018 Census of Interstellar, Circumstellar, Extragalactic, Protoplanetary Disk, and Exoplanetary Molecules. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/aae5d2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ghosh A, Gupta A, Gupta R, Ghanty TK. Noble gas hydrides in the triplet state: HNgCCO + (Ng = He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:20270-20279. [PMID: 30039141 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03516d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Motivated by the very recent investigations of neutral noble gas compounds in the open-shell configuration, we explored a new series of noble gas hydrides in the triplet state. The possible existence of noble gas-inserted ketenyl cations, HNgCCO+ (Ng = He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe), in their triplet electronic state has been predicted by various ab initio quantum chemical techniques. Density functional theory (DFT), second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2), and coupled-cluster theory (CCSD(T)) based methods have been employed to investigate the structures, energetics, harmonic vibrational frequencies, and charge distribution analysis of these ions. The aforementioned ions have been found to be thermodynamically stable with respect to all plausible 2-body and 3-body dissociation channels, except the 2-body dissociation pathway leading to the formation of global minima products (Ng + HCCO+). Nevertheless, each of the predicted HNgCCO+ ions is connected to the global minima products through a transition state with a finite barrier height on the potential energy surface, which confirms the kinetic stability of the metastable species. Detailed analysis of the optimized structural parameters, energetics, and harmonic vibrational frequencies of the predicted species clearly indicated that a strong covalent bond exists between H and Ng atoms, while a comparatively weak interaction is found between Ng and C atoms. Moreover, charge distribution and atoms-in-molecules (AIM) analysis strongly concurred with the above inferences and also suggested that the predicted metastable ions should exist essentially in the form of [HNg]+[CCO] complex. These results ultimately indicate that these predicted species may be prepared and characterized by suitable experimental technique(s) under a cryogenic environment.
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- Ayan Ghosh
- Laser and Plasma Technology Division, Beam Technology Development Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
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González‐Sánchez L, Wester R, Gianturco F. Modeling Quantum Kinetics in Ion Traps: State-changing Collisions for OH + (3Σ- ) Ions with He as a Buffer Gas. Chemphyschem 2018; 19:1866-1875. [PMID: 29689629 PMCID: PMC6099509 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We present quantum scattering calculations for rotational state-changing cross sections and rates, up to about 50 K of ion translational temperatures, for the OH+ molecular ion in collision with He atoms as the buffer gas in the trap. The results are obtained both by using the correct spin-rotation coupling of angular momenta and also within a recoupling scheme that treats the molecular target as a pseudo-(1Σ+ ) state, and then compares our findings with similar data for the OH- (1Σ+ ) molecular partner under the same conditions. This comparison intends to link the cation behaviour to the one found earlier for the molecular anion. The full calculations including the spin-rotation angular momenta coupling effects have been recently reported (L. González-Sánchez and R. Wester and F.A. Gianturco, Mol.Phys.2018, DOI 10.1080/00268976.2018.1442597) with the aim of extracting specific propensity rules controlling the size of the cross sections. The present study is instead directed to modelling trap cooling dynamics by further obtaining the solutions of the corresponding kinetics equations under different trap schemes so that, using the presently computed rates can allow us to indicate specific optimal conditions for the experimental setup of the collisional rotational cooling in an ion trap for the system under study.
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- L. González‐Sánchez
- Departamento de Química FísicaUniversity of SalamancaPlaza de los Caídos sn37008SalamancaSpain
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikUniversität InnsbruckTechnikerstr. 25A-6020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikUniversität InnsbruckTechnikerstr. 25A-6020InnsbruckAustria
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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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Zhang QQ, Yang CL, Wang MS, Ma XG, Liu WW. The ground and low-lying excited states and feasibility of laser cooling for GaH + and InH + cations. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 193:78-86. [PMID: 29223057 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Revised: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The potential energy curves and transition dipole moments of 12Σ+ and 12Π states of GaH+ and InH+ cations are performed by employing ab initio calculations. Based on the potential energy curves, the rotational and vibrational energy levels of the two states are obtained by solving the Schrödinger equation of nuclear movement. The spectroscopic parameters are deduced with the obtained rovibrational energy levels. The spin-orbit coupling effect of the 2Π states for both the GaH+ and InH+ cations are also calculated. The feasibility of laser cooling of GaH+ and InH+ cations are examined by using the results of the electronic and spectroscopic properties. The highly diagonal Franck-Condon factors and appropriate radiative lifetimes are determined by using the potential energy curves and transition dipole moments for the 2Π1/2, 3/2↔12Σ+ transitions. The results indicate that the 2Π1/2, 3/2↔12Σ+ transitions of both GaH+ and InH+ cations are appropriate for the close cycle transition of laser cooling. The optical scheme of the laser cooling is constructed for the GaH+ and InH+ cations.
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- Qing-Qing Zhang
- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, People's Republic of China
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González-Sánchez L, Wester R, Gianturco F. Rotational 'cooling' and 'heating' of OH +( 3Σ -) by collisions with He: quantum dynamics revealing propensity rules under ion trap conditions. Mol Phys 2018; 116:2686-2697. [PMID: 30246178 PMCID: PMC6136474 DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1442597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Multichannel scattering calculations are presented for the low-energy collisions of the OH+ cation and He atoms, using an ab initio evaluation of the interaction potential, which had been obtained in earlier work, and a time-independent, multichannel treatment of the quantum dynamics carried out in this study using our in-house scattering code ASPIN. Given the presence of spin-rotation coupling effects, within an essentially electrostatic formulation of the interaction forces with He atoms in the trap, the ensuing propensity rules which control the relative size of the state-changing cross sections and of the corresponding inelastic rates, also computed at the most likely temperatures in an ion trap, are presented and analysed in detail.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universitaet Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universitaet Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Westbrook BR, Dreux KM, Tschumper GS, Francisco JS, Fortenberry RC. Binding of the atomic cations hydrogen through argon to water and hydrogen sulfide. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:25967-25973. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05378b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Water and hydrogen sulfide will bind with every atomic cation from the first three rows of the periodic table.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Mississippi
- USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Science Philadelphia
- University of Pennsylvania
- USA
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Ozgurel O, Pauzat F, Pilmé J, Ellinger Y, Bacchus-Montabonel MC, Mousis O. Protonated ions as systemic trapping agents for noble gases: From electronic structure to radiative association. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:134305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4994630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Jin J, Li W, Liu Y, Wang G, Zhou M. Preparation and characterization of chemically bonded argon-boroxol ring cation complexes. Chem Sci 2017; 8:6594-6600. [PMID: 28989687 PMCID: PMC5627188 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02472j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Infrared spectroscopy combined with quantum chemical calculations indicates that the [ArB3O5]+, [ArB4O6]+ and [ArB5O7]+ cation complexes each involve an aromatic boroxol ring and an argon–boron covalent σ bond.
The cation complexes [ArB3O4]+, [ArB3O5]+, [ArB4O6]+ and [ArB5O7]+ were prepared via a laser vaporization supersonic ion source in the gas phase. Their vibrational spectra were measured via mass-selected infrared photodissociation spectroscopy. Spectroscopy combined with quantum chemical calculations revealed that the [ArB3O5]+, [ArB4O6]+ and [ArB5O7]+ cation complexes have planar structures each involving an aromatic boroxol ring and an argon–boron covalent bond. In contrast, the [ArB3O4]+ cation is characterized to be a weakly bound complex with a B3O4+ chain structure.
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- Jiaye Jin
- Department of Chemistry , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials , Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials , Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials , Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials , Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China .
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- Department of Chemistry , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials , Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials , Fudan University , Shanghai 200433 , China .
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Papp D, Sarka J, Szidarovszky T, Császár AG, Mátyus E, Hochlaf M, Stoecklin T. Complex rovibrational dynamics of the Ar·NO + complex. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:8152-8160. [PMID: 28225106 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07731e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Rotational-vibrational states of the Ar·NO+ cationic complex are computed, below, above, and well above the complex's first dissociation energy, using variational nuclear motion and close-coupling scattering computations. The HSLH potential energy surface used in this study (J. Chem. Phys., 2011, 135, 044312) is characterized by a first dissociation energy of D0 = 887.0 cm-1 and supports 200 bound vibrational states. The bound-state vibrational energies and the corresponding wave functions allow the interpretation of the scarcely available experimental results about the intermonomer vibrational motion of the complex. A very large number of long-lived quasibound combination states of the three vibrational modes, exhibiting a very similar energy-level structure as that of the bound states, are found embedded in the continuum. Additional short-lived resonance states are also identified and their properties are analyzed.
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- Dóra Papp
- MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, P.O. Box 32, H-1518 Budapest 112, Hungary.
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- MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, P.O. Box 32, H-1518 Budapest 112, Hungary.
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- MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, P.O. Box 32, H-1518 Budapest 112, Hungary.
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- MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, P.O. Box 32, H-1518 Budapest 112, Hungary.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Modélisation et Simulation Multi Echelle, MSME UMR 8208 CNRS, 5 bd Descartes, F-77454 Marne-la-Vallée, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université de Bordeaux, CNRS UMR 5255, 33405 Talence Cedex, France.
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Fortenberry RC. The rovibrational nature of cis- and trans-HNNS: A possible nitrogen molecule progenitor. J Chem Phys 2017; 145:204302. [PMID: 27908132 DOI: 10.1063/1.4968036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The HNNS radical has been promoted recently as a viable intermediate in the interstellar creation of the spectroscopically elusive nitrogen molecule. Any confirmation of this pathway or utilizing HNNS as a tracer of N2 depends upon the ability to observe the radical intermediate whether in the laboratory or in the interstellar medium. Established and accurate quantum chemical procedures are employed here to produce spectroscopic constants, fundamental vibrational frequencies, and intensities that can be utilized for any possible detection of HNNS. While trans-HNNS is confirmed here to be 3.0 kcal/mol lower in energy than cis-HNNS, the latter will be more readily observed rotationally due to its significantly larger dipole moment. The N-N bond in cis-HNNS is stronger than in trans-HNNS, and earlier work has suggested that cis-HNNS is more useful in the creation of N2 from NH and NS. Hence, the detection of cis-HNNS may be of greater value anyway. Furthermore, the N-N stretch in either conformer is also exceptionally bright and will occur in the mid-infrared with nearly 30 cm-1 separating the fundamentals of the two conformers. Finally, the low isomerization barrier can be affected significantly upon deuteration also making ND an interesting consideration as a starting material in the interstellar formation of N2.
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- Ryan C Fortenberry
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA
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Hochlaf M. Advances in spectroscopy and dynamics of small and medium sized molecules and clusters. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:21236-21261. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp01980g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Investigations of the spectroscopy and dynamics of small- and medium-sized molecules and clusters represent a hot topic in atmospheric chemistry, biology, physics, atto- and femto-chemistry and astrophysics.
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- Majdi Hochlaf
- Université Paris-Est
- Laboratoire Modélisation et Simulation Multi Echelle
- MSME UMR 8208 CNRS
- 77454 Marne-la-Vallée
- France
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Novak CM, Fortenberry RC. Vibrational frequencies and spectroscopic constants of three, stable noble gas molecules: NeCCH+, ArCCH+, and ArCN+. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:5230-5238. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08140a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The search for possible, natural, noble gas molecules has led to quantum chemical, spectroscopic analysis of NeCCH+, ArCCH+, and ArCN+.
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- Carlie M. Novak
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Georgia Southern University
- Statesboro
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Georgia Southern University
- Statesboro
- USA
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Filipek G, Fortenberry RC. Formation of Potential Interstellar Noble Gas Molecules in Gas and Adsorbed Phases. ACS OMEGA 2016; 1:765-772. [PMID: 31457160 PMCID: PMC6640802 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The discovery of naturally occurring ArH+ in various regions of the interstellar medium has shown the need for more understanding of the reactions that lead to covalently bonded noble gas molecules. The test comes with trying to predict the formation of other small noble gas molecules. Many molecules have been observed in various interstellar environments, which possess the possibility of bonding with noble gases. This work explores how both argon and neon can form bonds to ligands made of these species through quantum chemical computations. Argon and neon are chosen as they are among the most abundant atoms in the universe but are more polarizable than the more common but smaller helium atom. Reactions leading to noble gas molecules are modeled in the gas phase as well as through the adsorbed phase by catalysis with a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) surface. The adsorption energy of the neutral noble gas atoms to the surface increases as the size of the PAH also increases but this is still less than 10 kcal/mol. It is proposed and supported herein that an incoming molecule can bond with the noble gas atom adsorbed onto the PAH, form a stable structure, and allow the PAH to function as the leaving group. This work shows that the noble gas molecules ArCCH+, ArOH+, ArNH+, and NeCCH+ are not only stable minima on their respective potential energy surfaces but also can be formed in either the gas phase or through PAH adsorption with known or hypothesized interstellar molecules. Most notably, NeCCH+ does not appear to form in the gas phase but could be catalyzed on PAH surfaces. Hence, the interstellar detection of such molecules could also serve as a probe for the observation of interstellar PAHs.
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Koner D, Barrios L, González-Lezana T, Panda AN. Scattering study of the Ne + NeH(+)(v0 = 0, j0 = 0) → NeH(+) + Ne reaction on an ab initio based analytical potential energy surface. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:034303. [PMID: 26801030 DOI: 10.1063/1.4939952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Initial state selected dynamics of the Ne + NeH(+)(v0 = 0, j0 = 0) → NeH(+) + Ne reaction is investigated by quantum and statistical quantum mechanical (SQM) methods on the ground electronic state. The three-body ab initio energies on a set of suitably chosen grid points have been computed at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-PVQZ level and analytically fitted. The fitting of the diatomic potentials, computed at the same level of theory, is performed by spline interpolation. A collinear [NeHNe](+) structure lying 0.72 eV below the Ne + NeH(+) asymptote is found to be the most stable geometry for this system. Energies of low lying vibrational states have been computed for this stable complex. Reaction probabilities obtained from quantum calculations exhibit dense oscillatory structures, particularly in the low energy region and these get partially washed out in the integral cross section results. SQM predictions are devoid of oscillatory structures and remain close to 0.5 after the rise at the threshold thus giving a crude average description of the quantum probabilities. Statistical cross sections and rate constants are nevertheless in sufficiently good agreement with the quantum results to suggest an important role of a complex-forming dynamics for the title reaction.
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- Debasish Koner
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, India
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- IFF-CSIC, Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 123, Madrid 28006, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, India
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