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Taro Udagawa1, Hikaru Tanaka1, Kazuaki Kuwahata2
1Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Gifu University, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
Abstract:
The structure of the proton-bound dimer compound of hydrogen sulfate and formate has been studied by considering nuclear quantum effects (NQEs) using the path integral molecular dynamics method. This study unveiled the location of the shared proton and answered the following question: "Is the shared proton localized on either an anion or located around the center of two anions?" We have elucidated that the shared proton is distributed in the region beyond the transition state due to the NQEs, even though the shared proton did not completely overcome the transition state for the proton shuttle.
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