Issue 45, 2018

The non-covalently bound SO⋯H2O system, including an interpretation of the differences between SO⋯H2O and O2⋯H2O

Abstract

Despite the interest in sulfur monoxide (SO) among astrochemists, spectroscopists, inorganic chemists, and organic chemists, its interaction with water remains largely unexplored. We report the first high level theoretical geometries for the two minimum energy complexes formed by sulfur monoxide and water, and we report energies using basis sets as large as aug-cc-pV(Q+d)Z and correlation effects through perturbative quadruple excitations. One structure of SO⋯H2O is hydrogen bonded and the other chalcogen bonded. The hydrogen bonded complex has an electronic energy of −2.71 kcal mol−1 and a zero kelvin enthalpy of −1.67 kcal mol−1, while the chalcogen bonded complex has an electronic energy of −2.64 kcal mol−1 and a zero kelvin enthalpy of −2.00 kcal mol−1. We also report the transition state between the two structures, which lies below the SO⋯H2O dissociation limit, with an electronic energy of −1.26 kcal mol−1 and an enthalpy of −0.81 kcal mol−1. These features are much sharper than for the isovalent complex of O2 and H2O, which only possesses one weakly bound minimum, so we further analyze the structures with open-shell SAPT0. We find that the interactions between O2 and H2O are uniformly weak, but the SO⋯H2O complex surface is governed by the superior polarity and polarizability of SO, as well as the diffuse electron density provided by sulfur's extra valence shell.

Graphical abstract: The non-covalently bound SO⋯H2O system, including an interpretation of the differences between SO⋯H2O and O2⋯H2O

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Sep 2018
Accepted
06 Nov 2018
First published
13 Nov 2018

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018,20, 28840-28847

Author version available

The non-covalently bound SO⋯H2O system, including an interpretation of the differences between SO⋯H2O and O2⋯H2O

J. P. Misiewicz, J. A. Noonan, J. M. Turney and H. F. Schaefer, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 28840 DOI: 10.1039/C8CP05749D

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