TY - JOUR
T1 - Proton transfer reactions in neutral gas-phase clusters
T2 - 1-Naphthol with H2O, D2O, CH3OH, NH3 and piperidine
AU - Knochenmuss, Richard
AU - Cheshnovsky, Ori
AU - Leutwyler, Samuel
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Fbrdenmg der wissenschaftlichen Forschung under grants No. 2.065-0.86 and 2.467-0.87, and by the Wander-Stiftung, Bern.
PY - 1988/3/4
Y1 - 1988/3/4
N2 - The optical spectroscopic properties of 1-naphthol·Bn clusters (B=H2O, D2O, CH3OH, NH3 and piperidine) have been studied in supersonic molecular beams. Proton transfer to the solvent cluster occurs at n≥2 for B=piperidine and n≥4 for B=NH3, while no transfer is observed for B=CH3OH up to n≈26, nor for H2O or D2O clusters up to n≈40. The occurrence and cluster size dependence of proton transfer are mainly determined by the proton affinity of Bn and by the electrostatic stabilization of the microsolvated ion pairs.
AB - The optical spectroscopic properties of 1-naphthol·Bn clusters (B=H2O, D2O, CH3OH, NH3 and piperidine) have been studied in supersonic molecular beams. Proton transfer to the solvent cluster occurs at n≥2 for B=piperidine and n≥4 for B=NH3, while no transfer is observed for B=CH3OH up to n≈26, nor for H2O or D2O clusters up to n≈40. The occurrence and cluster size dependence of proton transfer are mainly determined by the proton affinity of Bn and by the electrostatic stabilization of the microsolvated ion pairs.
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U2 - 10.1016/0009-2614(88)87121-5
DO - 10.1016/0009-2614(88)87121-5
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AN - SCOPUS:0000466812
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 144
SP - 317
EP - 323
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 4
ER -