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CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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molar extinction coefficient value for CO • 3 ⎯(aq) following pulse radiolysis technique. It is<br />

to be noted that λ max values of the CO • 3 ⎯.nH 2 O clusters calculated by applying CIS<br />

(configuration interaction with single electron excitation) procedure is largely blue<br />

shifted (~ 350 nm) in all these hydrated clusters.<br />

5.4. Conclusions<br />

Global minimum energy structures of Cl •− 2 and CO •− 3 hydrated clusters are<br />

obtained applying simulated annealing with Monte Carlo sampling procedure. Based on a<br />

few calculated low lying excited states applying CIS procedure, UV-Vis spectra of these<br />

hydrated clusters are simulated. UV-Vis spectra of Cl •− 2 .10H 2 O cluster is in excellent<br />

agreement with the measured aqueous phase spectra of Cl •− 2 system. Simulated UV-Vis<br />

spectra of CO •− 3 .8H 2 O cluster at B3LYP-TDDFT/6-311++G(d,p) level is in excellent<br />

agreement with the measured aqueous phase spectra of CO •− 3 system. In all the cases the<br />

strong absorption is due to an electronic transition from the highest doubly occupied MO<br />

to the lowest singly occupied MO (σ→σ*).<br />

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