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CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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mode compared to the free water mode. But stretching mode of X. nH 2 O (X= Cl •− 2 , Br •− 2 ,<br />

I •− 2 , CO •− −<br />

3 & NO 3 ) clusters always remains far beyond of 3000 cm -1 2−<br />

except CO 3<br />

system, where at least one stretching mode appeared below 3000 cm -1 . On the other hand<br />

the bending mode of water molecule remains unaffected in all the cases.<br />

3.4. Conclusions<br />

The IR spectra of Cl •− 2 .nH 2 O (n=1-5) clusters are studied at BHHLYP/6-<br />

311++G(d,p) level of theory. It is observed that the hydrated clusters are stabilized by<br />

double hydrogen bonding (DHB), single hydrogen bonding (SHB) and inter water<br />

hydrogen bonding (WHB). Due to these interactions, bands due to stretching (O-H)<br />

hydrated clusters get shifted compared to that of the free water molecule. The IR spectra<br />

of Cl •− 2 .nH 2 O (n=1-5) clusters is characterized by large shift of O-H (~300 cm -1 )<br />

stretching mode compared to the free water mode. But stretching mode remains always<br />

far beyond of 3000 cm -1 . On the other hand, the bending mode of water molecule remains<br />

unaffected. This observation is also true for other systems (Br •− 2 , I •− 2 , CO •− 3 and NO − 3 )<br />

except CO 2− 3 system, where at least one stretching mode appears below 3000 cm -1 . It is<br />

observed that the FT-DACF IR spectrum is far off from the experimentally reported<br />

spectrum. On other hand an excellent agreement of weighted average scaled IR spectrum<br />

of Cl •− 2 .nH 2 O (n=3-5) clusters at 100K with experimentally measured spectrum is<br />

observed.<br />

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