Preparation and Characterization of the Halogen-Bonding Motif in the Isolated Cl-·IOH Complex with Cryogenic Ion Vibrational Spectroscopy

Santino J. Stropoli, Thien Khuu, Joseph P. Messinger, Natalia V. Karimova, Mark A. Boyer, Itai Zakai, Sayoni Mitra, Anton L. Lachowicz, Nan Yang, Sean C. Edington, R. Benny Gerber*, Anne B. McCoy, Mark A. Johnson

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Abstract

In the presence of a halide ion, hypohalous acids can adopt two binding motifs upon formation of the ion-molecule complexes [XHOY]-(X, Y = Cl, Br, I): a hydrogen (HB) bond to the acid OH group and a halogen (XB) bond between the anion and the acid halogen. Here we isolate the X-bonded Cl-·IOH ion-molecule complex by collisions of I-·(H2O)nclusters with HOCl vapor and measure its vibrational spectrum by IR photodissociation of the H2-tagged complex. Anharmonic analysis of its vibrational band pattern reveals that formation of the XB complex results in dramatic lowering of the HOI bending fundamental frequency and elongation of the O-I bond (by 168 cm-1and 0.13 Å, respectively, relative to isolated HOI).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2750-2756
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Volume13
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Mar 2022

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