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Formation of Water Clusters in a Hydrophobic Solvent
Author(s) -
Köddermann Thorsten,
Schulte Frank,
Huelsekopf Markus,
Ludwig Ralf
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200351438
Subject(s) - tetramer , solvent , drop (telecommunication) , spectroscopy , chemical physics , hydrogen bond , infrared spectroscopy , cluster (spacecraft) , materials science , chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , physics , telecommunications , quantum mechanics , computer science , enzyme , programming language
And not a drop to drink : Hydrogen‐bonded water clusters could be detected in CCl 4 by IR spectroscopy. The comparison between measured and calculated frequencies along with the characteristic temperature behavior of band intensities suggests that cyclic clusters are formed up to the tetramer (see picture).