CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute
CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute
CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute
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Fig. 3.2. Fully optimized minimum energy structures at BHHLYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory for (I)<br />
Cl 2•¯.H 2 O, (II) Cl 2•¯.2H 2 O, (III) Cl 2•¯.3H 2 O, (IV) Cl 2•¯.4H 2 O and (V) Cl 2•¯.5H 2 O clusters. Marked<br />
alphabets in the upper case are used to refer different minimum energy conformers for each size of the<br />
hydrated cluster arranged in order of stability showing ‘A’ as the most stable one. Cl atoms are shown by<br />
the largest green color spheres, the smallest spheres refer to H atoms and the rest (red in color) corresponds<br />
to O atoms in each structure shown in the figure. In each case, the distance between the two Cl atoms is ~<br />
2.6 Å, the distance between Cl and H-bonded H atoms is 2.3-2.8 Å and the distance between O and H<br />
atoms in inter water network is ~ 2.0 Å.<br />
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