Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE-THEOCHEM
Volume 901, Issue 1-3, Pages 186-193Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2009.01.027
Keywords
Cooperative effects; Ethanol-water clusters; Hydrogen bonds; Molecular modeling
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Funding
- Sostenibilidad Program of the University of Antioquia
- Colciencias
- University of Antioquia
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Density functional theory was used to Study (ethanol)(3)-water heterotetramers. These clusters form O-H center dot center dot center dot O primary hydrogen bonds and interactions of the C-H center dot center dot center dot O type, called secondary hydrogen bonds. Even though the C-H center dot center dot center dot O interactions are weaker than the primary hydrogen bonds, they seem to influence the stability of some clusters. Analysis of tetramerization energies and enthalpies show that the cyclic geometric pattern formed by four primary hydrogen bonds, where all the molecules are proton acceptor and proton donor at the same time, is the most stable configuration. This configurational preference is a consequence of the existence of cooperative effects, which are described using various indexes, such as O center dot center dot center dot O distances. redshift for stretching frequencies of the donor O-H bonds, and its elongation. Comparison of(ethanol)(3)-water heterotetramers data with that of some (ethanol)(4) tetramers, (methanol)(3)-water heterotetramers and (methanol)(4) tetramers was carried Out and shows a great similarity among the evaluated parameters. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved,
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