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The study for the incipient solvation process of NaCl in water: the observation of the NaCl-(H2O)n (n = 1, 2, and 3) complexes using Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy.
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The Journal of chemical physics [J Chem Phys] 2011 Aug 14; Vol. 135 (6), pp. 064307. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Pure rotational spectra of the sodium chloride-water complexes, NaCl-(H(2)O)(n) (n = 1, 2, and 3), in the vibronic ground state have been observed by a Fourier- transform microwave spectrometer coupled with a laser ablation source. The (37)Cl-isotopic species and a few deuterated species have also been observed. From the analyses of the spectra, the rotational constants, the centrifugal distortion constants, and the nuclear quadrupole coupling constants of the Na and Cl nuclei were determined precisely for all the species. The molecular structures of NaCl-(H(2)O)(n) were determined using the rotational constants and the molecular symmetry. The charge distributions around Na and Cl nuclei in NaCl are dramatically changed by the complex formation with H(2)O. Prominent dependences of the bond lengths r(Na-Cl) on the number of H(2)O were also observed. By a comparison with results of theoretical studies, it is shown that the structure of NaCl-(H(2)O)(3) is approaching to that of the contact ion-pair, which is considered to be an intermediate species in the incipient solvation process.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1089-7690
- Volume :
- 135
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of chemical physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21842933
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3616047