title: A gas-phase study of the preferential solvation of Mn(2+) in mixed water/methanol clusters.
abstract: The kinetic shift that exists between two competing unimolecular fragmentation processes has been used to establish whether or not gas-phase Mn(2+) exhibits preferential solvation when forming mixed clusters with water and methanol. Supported by molecular orbital calculations, these first results for a metal dication demonstrate that Mn(2+) prefers to be solvated by methanol in the primary solvation shell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Bridgette J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Duncombe
authors.forename: Jens O S
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Rydén
authors.forename: Ljilijana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Puskar
authors.forename: Hazel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Stace