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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SYNOPSIS<br />
The process of solvation is an interaction of a solute with the solvent, which leads<br />
to stabilization of the solute species in the solution. Studies on solvation of charged and<br />
neutral chemical species (solutes) is one of the most important and attractive area of<br />
research. If a chemical species (solute) is immersed into a solvent medium (bulk), the<br />
network of solvent in the close vicinity of the solute gets rearranged to allow the solute<br />
going through the process of solvation. In the process of solvation, a few solvent<br />
molecules in the close vicinity of solute will interact instantaneously. Afterwards more<br />
and more solvent molecules from nearby surroundings will approach the solute and<br />
encapsulate the solute to solvate it. The process of solvation involves different types of<br />
intermolecular interactions namely ion-ion, hydrogen bonding, ion-dipole, and dipoledipole<br />
attractions or van der Waals interactions. The nature of interactions depends on the<br />
nature of both solute (neutral or ionic) and solvent (ionic, polar or nonpolar). Studying<br />
the process of solvation of solutes in presence of a large number of solvent molecules<br />
(bulk) is termed as macroscopic solvation (see Fig. 1). On the other hand studying the<br />
solvation process at molecular level with only a few solvent molecules is known as<br />
microsolvation (see Fig. 1). The process of macro, micro and dual level solvation process<br />
is shown by a graphical model displayed in Fig.1.<br />
Though solvation process at the macroscopic level is well studied but till today a<br />
little effort is given to understand the solvation process at molecular level. Average<br />
information about various interactions is obtained from macroscopic solvation study.<br />
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