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CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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VIII-K<br />

VIII-L<br />

Fig.2.2. Fully optimized minimum energy structures at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory for (I)<br />

NO 3¯.H 2 O, (II) NO 3¯.2H 2 O, (III) NO 3¯.3H 2 O, (IV) NO 3¯.4H 2 O, (V) NO 3¯.5H 2 O, (VI) NO 3¯.6H 2 O, (VII)<br />

NO 3¯.7H 2 O and (VIII) NO 3¯.8H 2 O. N atoms are shown by the yellow colour spheres, the smallest spheres<br />

refer to H atoms and the rest corresponds to O atoms in each structure shown in the figure. Pink colour<br />

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

case are used to refer different minimum energy conformers for each hydrated cluster size arranged in order<br />

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

A B C<br />

Fig.2.3 (Contd.)<br />

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