Hydrated HCl clusters, HCl(H2O)(1-3), in helium nanodroplets: studies of free OH vibrational stretching modes

Dmitry Skvortsov; Seung Jun Lee; Myong Yong Choi; Andrey F Vilesov

doi:10.1021/jp811497c

Hydrated HCl clusters, HCl(H2O)(1-3), in helium nanodroplets: studies of free OH vibrational stretching modes

J Phys Chem A. 2009 Jul 2;113(26):7360-5. doi: 10.1021/jp811497c.

Authors

Dmitry Skvortsov¹, Seung Jun Lee, Myong Yong Choi, Andrey F Vilesov

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.

PMID: 19334734
DOI: 10.1021/jp811497c

Abstract

In this work, infrared laser spectroscopy in helium droplets is used to study the solvation of HCl with small water clusters. Clusters of HCl(H(2)O)(n) with n = 1-3 and (HCl)(2)H(2)O have been identified in the free OH stretching spectral range of 3680-3820 cm(-1). The assignment of the infrared vibrational bands of the clusters is aided by ab initio calculations.