https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2002-00159-2
Structures of amide-water neutral complexes from dipole-bound anion formation
Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Institut Galilée,
Université Paris-Nord, 93430 Villetaneuse, France
Corresponding author: a desfranc@galilee.univ-paris13.fr
Received:
13
March
2002
Published online:
13
September
2002
Using Electron Transfer Spectroscopy, formation of dipole-bound anion complexes of formamide, N-methylformamide, N,N-dimethylformamide and N-methylacetamide with water has been studied. Each neutral complex can exist with several configurations and the lowest energy structures have been identified through comparison between Density Functional Theory calculations of the neutrals and measured electron binding energies of the observed weakly-bound anions.
PACS: 33.15.Ry – Ionization potentials, electron affinities, molecular core binding energy / 36.40.Mr – Spectroscopy and geometrical structure of clusters / 82.30.Rs – Hydrogen bonding, hydrophilic effects
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2002
