CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute
CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute
CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute
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most stable conformer for each size cluster. These observations are very similar to that of<br />
Cl •− 2 .nH 2 O clusters as discussed in Chapter 2 and 3. Cl •− 2 .nH 2 O clusters (n=4-11) contain<br />
at least one four member water ring. In each case, the distance between the two Cl atoms<br />
is ~ 2.6 Å, the distance between Cl and H-bonded H atoms is 2.3-2.8 Å (SHB and DHB<br />
bond) and the distance between O and H atoms in inter water network is<br />
A B C D<br />
E F G H<br />
I J K<br />
Fig. 5.1. Fully optimized global minimum energy structures at BHHLYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory for<br />
(A) Cl 2•¯.H 2 O, (B) Cl 2•¯.2H 2 O, (C) Cl 2•¯.3H 2 O, (D) Cl 2•¯.4H 2 O, (E) Cl 2•¯.5H 2 O, (F) Cl 2•¯.6H 2 O, (G)<br />
Cl 2•¯.7H 2 O, (H) Cl 2•¯.8H 2 O, (I) Cl 2•¯.9H 2 O, (J) Cl 2•¯.10H 2 O and (K) Cl 2•¯.11H 2 O clusters. Cl atoms are<br />
shown by the largest green colour spheres, the smallest spheres refer to H atoms and the rest (red in colour)<br />
corresponds to O atoms in each structure shown in the figure.<br />
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