An investigation of hydrogen transfer in water clusters
- 8 April 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 104 (14), 5555-5557
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.471795
Abstract
The potential energy surface of the (H2O)5 water cluster is examined using Kohn–Sham density functional theory, Hartree–Fock theory and second-order Mo/ller–Plesset theory. Two distinct minima on the energy surface may be interconverted through the transfer of two hydrogen atoms, representing a possible mechanism for ionic dissociation in water clusters. Our calculations suggest a concerted mechanism where the two hydrogen atoms move simultaneously through a late transition state.Keywords
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