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CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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profiles show saturation behaviour with the successive addition of solvent H 2 O units for<br />

I 2 •− .nH 2 O (n =1-8) clusters.<br />

E w<br />

(kcal/mol)<br />

100<br />

75<br />

50<br />

25<br />

I 2 .- .nH 2<br />

O (n=1-8)<br />

a<br />

b<br />

0<br />

0 2 4 6 8<br />

n<br />

solv<br />

Fig. 2.5. Plot of calculated weighted average (a) solvent stabilization energy ( E w<br />

) and (b) interaction<br />

int<br />

energy ( E w<br />

) in kcal/mol vs. number of water molecules (n) in I 2•¯.nH 2 O (n=1-8) cluster at BHHLYP/6-<br />

solv int<br />

311++G(d,p) level of theory. To estimate E w<br />

and E w<br />

the weight factor is calculated based on the statistical<br />

population of all the conformers of each size cluster at 150 K.<br />

The variation of weighted average solvation energy and weighted average<br />

interaction energy with the size of the cluster is similar for all other hydrated cluster, X.<br />

nH 2 O (X= Cl 2 •− , Br 2 •− , CO 3 •− , NO 3 − and CO 3 2− ).<br />

2.3.3. Vertical Detachment Energy<br />

Vertical detachment energy (VDE) of the hydrated clusters, I •− 2 .nH 2 O can be<br />

defined by the relation:<br />

VDE = E[I •− 2 .nH 2 O] - E s [I 2 .nH 2 O]<br />

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