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CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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K(NH 3<br />

) 4<br />

K(NH 3<br />

) 5<br />

IR Intensity<br />

IR Intensity<br />

0 1000 2000 3000 4000<br />

Frequency (cm -1 )<br />

E<br />

0 1000 2000 3000 4000<br />

Frequency (cm -1 )<br />

F<br />

K(NH 3<br />

) 6<br />

IR Intensity<br />

0 1000 2000 3000 4000<br />

Frequency (cm -1 )<br />

G<br />

Fig. 6.3. Calculated scaled IR spectra at BHHLYP/6-311++G(2d,2p) level of theory for (A) free NH 3<br />

molecule, and for the ammoniated cluster, K.nNH 3 (n=1-3), (B) K.NH 3 ; (C) K.2NH 3 ; (D) K.3NH 3 .<br />

Calculated scaled weighted average IR spectra at same level for the ammoniated cluster, K.nNH 3 (n=4-6),<br />

(E) K.4NH 3 ; (F) K.5NH 3 ; (G) K.6NH 3 . The scaling factor is taken as 0.93 to account the anharmonic nature<br />

of vibrations. The weight factor is calculated based on statistical population of individual conformer at 150<br />

K. Lorentzian line shape has been considered with peak half-width of 20 cm -1 for all the IR plots.<br />

6.4. Conclusions<br />

Structure and energy of ammoniated clusters, K.nNH 3 (n=1-6) are reported to<br />

study the micro-solvent stabilization of potassium atom in ammoniated environment.<br />

Becke’s half and half hybrid exchange-correlation functional (BHHLYP) has been<br />

applied to study the present systems with a Pople triple split valence 6-311++G(2d,2p)<br />

basis function. Various initial guess structures are taken for each size of cluster and full<br />

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