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Proton Transfer Processes in Water Clusters
Author(s) -
Bondybey Vladimir E.,
Beyer Martin,
Achatz Uwe,
Joos Stefan,
NiednerSchatteburg Gereon
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.199900028
Subject(s) - chemistry , ionic bonding , protonation , dissociation (chemistry) , proton , aqueous solution , chemical physics , self ionization of water , cluster (spacecraft) , ion , water cluster , metal , inorganic chemistry , hydrogen bond , molecule , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
Elucidation of some of the basic mechanisms and principles of proton transfer in clusters is achieved by systematic evaluation of experimental and theoretical results that were obtained throughout the last decade from the authors' studies on ionic water clusters and, more recently, on protonated rare gas clusters. Among the processes studied are: Blackbody radiation‐induced, stepwise desolvation of clusters when stored in an ion trap; ionic dissociation and recombination of HCl in water clusters; metal oxidation in aqueous clusters; formation of nascent hydrogen in reactions of solvated metal cations with acids; and the behavior of ionic water clusters as acidic or basic micro‐solutions. Infrared spectroscopic studies of size‐selected water clusters are expected to advance our knowledge of structure and dynamics of water clusters and of excess protons therein.