title: Dynamical and structural properties of benzene in supercritical water.
abstract: We have employed an anisotropic united atom model of benzene (R. O. Contreras, Ph.D. thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili 2002) that reproduces the quadrupolar moment of this molecule through the inclusion of seven point charges. We show that this kind of interaction is required to reproduce the solvation of these molecules in supercritical water. We have computed self-diffusion coefficient and Maxwell-Stefan coefficients as well as the shear viscosity for the mixture water-benzene at supercritical conditions. A strong density and composition dependence of these properties is observed. In addition, our simulations are in qualitative agreement with the experimental evidence that, at medium densities (0.6 g/cm(3) and 673 K), almost half of the benzene molecules have one hydrogen bond with water molecules. We also observe that these bonds are longer lived than the corresponding hydrogen bonds between water molecules. Similarly, we obtain an important reduction of the dielectric constant of the mixture with the increment of the amount of benzene molecules at medium and high densities.
authors.affiliation: Departament d'Enginyeria Química, ETSEQ, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avenida dels Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nieto-Draghi
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonet Avalos
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Contreras
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ungerer
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ridard