Infrared Spectrum of a Molecular Ice Cube: The S 4 and D 2 d Water Octamers in Benzene-(Water) 8
- 13 June 1997
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 276 (5319) , 1678-1681
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.276.5319.1678
Abstract
Resonant two-photon ionization, ultraviolet hole-burning, and resonant ion-dip infrared (RIDIR) spectroscopy were used to assign and characterize the hydrogen-bonding topology of two conformers of the benzene-(water) 8 cluster. In both clusters, the eight water molecules form a hydrogen-bonded cube to which benzene is surface-attached. Comparison of the RIDIR spectra with density functional theory calculations is used to assign the two (water) 8 structures in benzene-(water) 8 as cubic octamers of D 2 d and S 4 symmetry, which differ in the configuration of the hydrogen bonds within the cube. OH stretch vibrational fundamentals near 3550 wave numbers provide unique spectral signatures for these “molecular ice cubes.”Keywords
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