Identification of the water amidogen radical complex

Courtney P Ennis; Joseph R Lane; Henrik G Kjaergaard; Allan J McKinley

doi:10.1021/ja808109m

Identification of the water amidogen radical complex

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Feb 4;131(4):1358-9. doi: 10.1021/ja808109m.

Authors

Courtney P Ennis¹, Joseph R Lane, Henrik G Kjaergaard, Allan J McKinley

Affiliation

¹ Chemistry M313, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia.

PMID: 19173661
DOI: 10.1021/ja808109m

Abstract

The water amidogen radical complex (H(2)O-NH(2)) is a reactive intermediate in the atmospheric oxidation of ammonia by a hydroxyl radical. In the present study, we identify for the first time the H(2)O-NH(2) complex using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy. We corroborate our experimental findings with high level coupled cluster ab initio calculations.