Atmospherically relevant acrolein-water complexes: spectroscopic evidence of aldehyde hydration and oxygen atom
Weixing Li1, Assimo Maris, Camilla Calabrese
1Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician" Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, Italy. sonia.melandri@unibo.it.
Abstract:
Direct spectroscopic evidence of a reaction occurring between acrolein and water and involving the exchange of an oxygen atom has been obtained by characterizing the non-covalently bound water complexes and their isotopic forms, via rotational spectroscopy. The experimental geometries of the binary and ternary water complexes have been determined, and other stationary points on the reaction path have been characterized using ab initio quantum chemical methods at the MP2/6-311++G(d,p) level. These results can enhance the understanding of the water-mediated atmospherically important reactions involving acrolein.
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