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Selected Papers from the 2nd International Symposium on New Molecules and Clusters

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2018) | Viewed by 5008

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Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, No. 220, Handan Rd., Shanghai 200433, China
Interests: infrared spectroscopy; matrix isolation; reaction intermediates; free radicals; reaction mechanisms; infrared photodissociation spectroscopy; atomic and molecular clusters; donor-acceptor bonding; metal–metal bonding; computational chemistry

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Interests: infrared photodissociation; photoelectron spectroscopy; table-top OPO/OPA laser; infrared free electron laser; vacuum ultraviolet free electron laser; clusters; atmospheric chemistry

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Dear Colleagues,

Building on the great success of the 1st International Symposium on New Molecules and Clusters, held in Shanghai, China, 27–30 May, 2016, we will be holding the 2nd International Symposium on New Molecules and Clusters will be held in Shanghai, 18–20 August, 2018.

Following the spirit of the 1st meeting, this symposium is dedicated to new molecules and clusters exhibiting unusual bonding interactions. The field has been the topic of intensive experimental and theoretical studies in recent years, which has pushed the frontiers of our knowledge about chemical structures and bonding to new dimensions. We hope that the symposium will provide an intimate atmosphere for both experimentalists and theoreticians to freely present and exchange new ideas. The number of speakers is restricted to about 25 internationally-leading scientists in this area. For all details please see: http://www.molecule.fudan.edu.cn

Participants of the symposium are cordially invited to contribute original research papers or reviews to this Special Issue of Molecules.

Prof. Dr. Mingfei Zhou
Prof. Dr. Xiaoqing Zeng
Prof. Dr. Ling Jiang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • chemical bonding
  • new molecules
  • clusters
  • spectroscopy
  • theoretical calculations

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The Role of (H2O)1-2 in the CH2O + ClO Gas-Phase Reaction
by Junyao Li, Narcisse T. Tsona and Lin Du
Molecules 2018, 23(9), 2240; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23092240 - 3 Sep 2018
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Mechanism and kinetic studies have been carried out to investigate whether one and two water molecules could play a possible catalytic role on the CH2O + ClO reaction. Density functional theory combined with the coupled cluster theory were employed to explore [...] Read more.
Mechanism and kinetic studies have been carried out to investigate whether one and two water molecules could play a possible catalytic role on the CH2O + ClO reaction. Density functional theory combined with the coupled cluster theory were employed to explore the potential energy surface and the thermodynamics of this radical-molecule reaction. The reaction proceeded through four different paths without water and eleven paths with water, producing H + HCO(O)Cl, Cl + HC(O)OH, HCOO + HCl, and HCO + HOCl. Results indicate that the formation of HCO + HOCl is predominant both in the water-free and water-involved cases. In the absence of water, all the reaction paths proceed through the formation of a transition state, while for some reactions in the presence of water, the products were directly formed via barrierless hydrogen transfer. The rate constant for the formation of HCO + HOCl without water is 2.6 × 10−16 cm3 molecule−1 s−1 at 298.15 K. This rate constant is decreased by 9−12 orders of magnitude in the presence of water. The current calculations hence demonstrate that the CH2O + ClO reaction is impeded by water. Full article
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