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CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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used to refer different minimum energy conformers for each hydrated cluster size<br />

arranged in order of stability showing ‘A’ as the most stable one.<br />

Fig. 2.3 45-46<br />

Fully optimized most stable structures at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory for (A)<br />

CO 3•¯.H 2 O, (B) CO 3•¯.2H 2 O, (C) CO 3•¯.3H 2 O, (D) CO 3•¯.4H 2 O, (E) CO 3•¯.5H 2 O, (F)<br />

CO 3•¯.6H 2 O, (G) CO 3•¯.7H 2 O and (H) CO 3•¯.8H 2 O. C atoms are shown by the grey<br />

colour spheres, the smallest spheres refer to H atoms and the rest correspond to O atoms<br />

in each structure shown in the figure. Yellow colour spheres refer to the carbonate O<br />

atoms and rest (red in colour) for water O atoms.<br />

Fig. 2.4 48<br />

Fully optimized most stable structures at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory for (A)<br />

CO 3 2− .H 2 O, (B) CO 3 2− .2H 2 O, (C) CO 3 2− .3H 2 O, (D) CO 3 2− .4H 2 O, (E) CO 3 2− .5H 2 O, and (F)<br />

CO 3 2− .6H 2 O. C atoms are shown by the grey colour spheres, the smallest spheres refer to<br />

H atoms and the rest correspond to O atoms in each structure shown in the figure. Yellow<br />

colour spheres refer to the carbonate O atoms and rest (red in colour) for water O atoms.<br />

Fig. 2.5 52<br />

solv<br />

Plot of calculated weighted average (a) solvent stabilization energy ( E w<br />

) and (b)<br />

interaction energy (E w<br />

int ) in kcal/mol vs. number of water molecules (n) in I 2 •¯.nH 2 O (n=1-<br />

8) cluster at BHHLYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory. To estimate E w<br />

solv and E w<br />

int<br />

the weight<br />

factor is calculated based on the statistical population of all the conformers of each size<br />

cluster at 150 K.<br />

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