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CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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and this is consistent with the previous report. Increasing VDE with size signifies that the<br />

stability of the neutral cluster decreases with size. The calculated values of VDE and the<br />

variation of present theoretical values on VDE of solvated clusters with size are in<br />

excellent agreement with the measured VDE value corresponding to the X band.<br />

Simulated IR and Raman spectra of all the solvated I •− 2 nCO 2 clusters (n=1-10) show<br />

similar features. When solvent CO 2 unit interacts with the charged solute I •− 2 to form a<br />

molecular cluster the linearity of CO 2 unit is lost and as a result degeneracy of the<br />

bending mode of free solvent CO 2 unit is lifted. Vibrational band at the bending region of<br />

CO 2 and asymmetric C-O stretching region of CO 2 in Raman spectra shows characteristic<br />

feature for the formation of I •− 2 .CO 2 cluster.<br />

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