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CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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Fig. 6.3 104-105<br />

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

NH 3 molecule, and for the ammoniated cluster, K.nNH 3<br />

(n=1-3), (B) K.NH 3 ; (C)<br />

K.2NH 3 ; (D) K.3NH 3 . Calculated scaled weighted average IR spectra at same level for<br />

the ammoniated cluster, K.nNH 3 (n=4-6), (E) K.4NH 3 ; (F) K.5NH 3 ; (G) K.6NH 3 . The<br />

scaling factor is taken as 0.93 to account the anharmonic nature of vibrations. The weight<br />

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

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

plots.<br />

Fig. 7.1 111<br />

Fully optimized global minimum energy structures calculated at BHHLYP/6-311+G(d)<br />

level of theory for (A) I 2•¯.CO 2 , (B) I 2•¯.2CO 2 , (C) I 2•¯.3CO 2 , (D) I 2•¯.4CO 2 , (E)<br />

I 2•¯.5CO 2 , (F) I 2•¯.6CO 2 , (G) I 2•¯.7CO 2 , (H) I 2•¯.8CO 2 , (I) I 2•¯.9CO 2 and (J) I 2•¯.10CO 2<br />

clusters (I atom is treated by 6-311G(d) basis set). I atoms are shown by the largest violet<br />

spheres, the grey spheres correspond to C atoms and the red spheres refer to O atoms of<br />

solvent CO 2 units in each structure of the solvated cluster. In each case, the distance<br />

between the two I atoms is ~ 3.3 –3.0 Å, the distance between C and I atoms is ~ 3.9-<br />

4.9Å.<br />

Fig. 7.2 117<br />

(I) Variation of calculated (a) solvent stabilization energy (E solv ), (b) ion-solvent<br />

interaction energy ( E<br />

int− is ) and (c) solvent-solvent interaction energy ( E<br />

int− ss ) in kcal/mol<br />

with the number of solvent CO 2 molecules (n) in I 2•¯.nCO 2 cluster at MP2/6-311+G(d)<br />

level of theory .(II) Plot of vertical detachment energy, ( VDE<br />

n ) in eV vs. number of CO2<br />

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