Volume 217, 2019

Ion reactions in atmospherically-relevant clusters: mechanisms, dynamics and spectroscopic signatures

Abstract

Reactions of nitrogen oxides with seawater are of major atmospheric importance, but microscopic understanding of these processes is still largely unavailable. In this paper we explore models of reactions of N2O4 with ions in water in order to provide molecular-level understanding of the processes. Presented here are studies of N2O4 interacting with two ions, SO42− and Cl, in small water clusters. Reactions of the asymmetric conformer of N2O4 with SO42− ions in water clusters are studied via ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations in order to unravel the microscopic mechanism of the processes and predict the timescales of different steps. Spectroscopic signatures of the reaction are proposed. The mechanisms of chloride substitution and hydrolysis of symmetric and asymmetric N2O4 are explored via intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC) calculations. Spectroscopic calculations for relevant species suggest possible experimental signatures for the processes. The results of these model ion-N2O4 reactions in water throw light on the molecular-level mechanisms of the reactions of nitrogen oxides with seawater.

Graphical abstract: Ion reactions in atmospherically-relevant clusters: mechanisms, dynamics and spectroscopic signatures

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 12 2018
Accepted
10 12 2018
First published
12 12 2018

Faraday Discuss., 2019,217, 342-360

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Ion reactions in atmospherically-relevant clusters: mechanisms, dynamics and spectroscopic signatures

Natalia V. Karimova, L. M. McCaslin and R. B. Gerber, Faraday Discuss., 2019, 217, 342 DOI: 10.1039/C8FD00230D

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