Photodissociation of hydrated hydrogen iodide clusters
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- Title
- Photodissociation of hydrated hydrogen iodide clusters
- Authors
- Lee, HM; Kolaski, M; Kim, KS
- Date Issued
- 2008-03-14
- Publisher
- WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
- Abstract
- Using high-level ab initio calculations and excited state ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, we show that hydrated iodic acids release hydrogen radicals and/or hydrogen molecules as well as iodine radicals upon excitation. Its photoreaction process involving charge transfer to the solvent takes place in four steps: 1) hydration of the acid, 2) charge transfer to water upon excitation of hydrated acid, 3) detachment of the neutral iodine atom, and 4) detachment of the hydrogen radical. The iodine detachment process from excited hydrated hydro-acids is exothermic and the detachment of hydrogen radicals from hydrated hydronium radicals is spontaneous if the initial kinetic energy of the cluster is high enough to get over the activation can be understood in terms of kinetics. This study shows how the hydrogen and halogen radicals are dissociated and released from their hydrated acids. Simple experiments corroborate our predicted mechanism for the release of hydrogen molecules from iodic acid in water by ultraviolet light.
- Keywords
- ab initio calculations; acidity; hydrates; photochemistry; redox; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PROTONATED WATER CLUSTERS; AB-INITIO; EXCITED-STATE; ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES; CHARGE-TRANSFER; I CLUSTERS; PI-SYSTEMS; SPECTRA; ACID
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/22843
- DOI
- 10.1002/CPHC.2007007
- ISSN
- 1439-4235
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- CHEMPHYSCHEM, vol. 9, no. 4, page. 567 - 571, 2008-03-14
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