Hydrogen bonding between neon and water

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Abstract
Portions of the neon-water ground-state potential hypersurface have been mapped, using the Hartree-Fock approximation with an extensive Gaussian basis. A weak linear (OH ··· Ne) hydrogen bond appears, with length 3.63 Å, and strength 0.17 kcal/mole. The analogous calculation for the argon-water pair predicts considerably less stabilization, in closer accord with pure electrostatic interaction of a permanent dipole moment (water molecule) and a polarizable particle (noble gas atom).