1. Benchmark binding energies of ammonium and alkyl-ammonium ions interacting with water. Are ammonium–water hydrogen bonds strong?
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Valérie Vallet, Michel Masella, Physico-Chimie Moléculaire Théorique (PCMT), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Biologie et de Technologies de Saclay (IBITECS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, HPC resources of [CCRT/CINES/IDRIS] under the allocation 2014-[6100] by GENCI (Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif)‘Fusion’ and ‘Blue’ oper- ated by the Laboratory Computing Resource Center at Argonne National Laboratory., and ANR-11-LABX-0005,Cappa,Physiques et Chimie de l'Environnement Atmosphérique(2011)
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Water dimer ,010304 chemical physics ,Hydrogen bond ,Inorganic chemistry ,Binding energy ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Alkylation ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Ion ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,0103 physical sciences ,Molecule ,Ammonium ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-CHEM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Chemical Physics [physics.chem-ph] ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Alkyl - Abstract
International audience; Alkyl-ammonium ion/water interactions are investigated using high level quantum computations, yielding thermodynamics data in good agreement with gas-phase experiments. Alkylation and hydration lead to weaken the NH O hydrogen bonds. Upon complete hydration by four water molecules, their main features are close to those of the OH O bond in the isolated water dimer. Energy decomposition analyses indicate that hydration of alkyl-ammonium ions are mainly due to electrostatic/polarization effects, as for hard monoatomic cations, but with a larger effect of dispersion.
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- 2015