title: Infrared spectroscopy of Cu+(H2O)(n) and Ag+(H2O)(n): coordination and solvation of noble-metal ions.
abstract: M(+)(H(2)O)(n) and M(+)(H(2)O)(n)Ar ions (M=Cu and Ag) are studied for exploring coordination and solvation structures of noble-metal ions. These species are produced in a laser-vaporization cluster source and probed with infrared (IR) photodissociation spectroscopy in the OH-stretch region using a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Density functional theory calculations are also carried out for analyzing the experimental IR spectra. Partially resolved rotational structure observed in the spectrum of Ag(+)(H(2)O)(1) x Ar indicates that the complex is quasilinear in an Ar-Ag(+)-O configuration with the H atoms symmetrically displaced off axis. The spectra of the Ar-tagged M(+)(H(2)O)(2) are consistent with twofold coordination with a linear O-M(+)-O arrangement for these ions, which is stabilized by the s-d hybridization in M(+). Hydrogen bonding between H(2)O molecules is absent in Ag(+)(H(2)O)(3) x Ar but detected in Cu(+)(H(2)O)(3) x Ar through characteristic changes in the position and intensity of the OH-stretch transitions. The third H(2)O attaches directly to Ag(+) in a tricoordinated form, while it occupies a hydrogen-bonding site in the second shell of the dicoordinated Cu(+). The preference of the tricoordination is attributable to the inefficient 5s-4d hybridization in Ag(+), in contrast to the extensive 4s-3d hybridization in Cu(+) which retains the dicoordination. This is most likely because the s-d energy gap of Ag(+) is much larger than that of Cu(+). The fourth H(2)O occupies the second shells of the tricoordinated Ag(+) and the dicoordinated Cu(+), as extensive hydrogen bonding is observed in M(+)(H(2)O)(4) x Ar. Interestingly, the Ag(+)(H(2)O)(4) x Ar ions adopt not only the tricoordinated form but also the dicoordinated forms, which are absent in Ag(+)(H(2)O)(3) x Ar but revived at n=4. Size dependent variations in the spectra of Cu(+)(H(2)O)(n) for n=5-7 provide evidence for the completion of the second shell at n=6, where the dicoordinated Cu(+)(H(2)O)(2) subunit is surrounded by four H(2)O molecules. The gas-phase coordination number of Cu(+) is 2 and the resulting linearly coordinated structure acts as the core of further solvation processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iino
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Judai
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sekiya
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D005741:Noble Gases / Q000737:chemistry; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D008670:Metals; D005741:Noble Gases; D012997:Solvents; D014867:Water; D012834:Silver; D003300:Copper