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Aqueous solvent effects on structure and lowest electronic transition of methylene peroxide in an explicit solvent model

Manuel Hermida-Ramon, Jose ; Öhrn, Anders LU and Karlström, Gunnar LU (2009) In Chemical Physics 359(1-3). p.118-125
Abstract
The electronic structure of methylene peroxide is a balance between zwitterionic and biradical valence structures. In this work we study how this balance is changed by an aqueous solvent, and what effect this has on the nuclear structure. A combined quantum chemical statistical mechanical method with an explicit representation of the solvent is used. The multiconfigurational quantum chemical method used, is very similar in quality to the complete active space self-consistent-field (CASSCF) method. The optimized structure of methylene peroxide in aqueous solution is reported along with properties of the solvation such as radial distribution functions for the surrounding water. The solvent increases the contribution from the zwitterionic... (More)
The electronic structure of methylene peroxide is a balance between zwitterionic and biradical valence structures. In this work we study how this balance is changed by an aqueous solvent, and what effect this has on the nuclear structure. A combined quantum chemical statistical mechanical method with an explicit representation of the solvent is used. The multiconfigurational quantum chemical method used, is very similar in quality to the complete active space self-consistent-field (CASSCF) method. The optimized structure of methylene peroxide in aqueous solution is reported along with properties of the solvation such as radial distribution functions for the surrounding water. The solvent increases the contribution from the zwitterionic form in the wave function. Moreover the lowest energy absorption of methylene peroxide in water is computed. Our best estimate is 2.94 eV. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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Solvent model, Absorption spectrum, Excited states, QM/MM, Methylene peroxide, Solvation effects
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Chemical Physics
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359
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1-3
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118 - 125
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Elsevier
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0301-0104
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10.1016/j.chemphys.2009.03.014
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English
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  author       = {{Manuel Hermida-Ramon, Jose and Öhrn, Anders and Karlström, Gunnar}},
  issn         = {{0301-0104}},
  keywords     = {{Solvent model; Absorption spectrum; Excited states; QM/MM; Methylene peroxide; Solvation effects}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1-3}},
  pages        = {{118--125}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Chemical Physics}},
  title        = {{Aqueous solvent effects on structure and lowest electronic transition of methylene peroxide in an explicit solvent model}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2009.03.014}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.chemphys.2009.03.014}},
  volume       = {{359}},
  year         = {{2009}},
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