TY - JOUR
T1 - Benchmark experimental gas-phase intermolecular dissociation energies by the SEP-R2PI method
AU - Knochenmuss, Richard
AU - Sinha, Rajeev K.
AU - Leutwyler, Samuel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/4/20
Y1 - 2020/4/20
N2 - The gas-phase ground-state dissociation energy D0(S0) of an isolated and cold bimolecular complex is a fundamental measure of the intermolecular interaction strength between its constituents. Accurate D0 values are important for the understanding of intermolecular bonding, for benchmarking high-level theoretical calculations, and for the parameterization of dispersion-corrected density functionals or force-field models that are used in fields ranging from crystallography to biochemistry. We review experimental measurements of the gas-phase D0(S0) and D0(S1) values of 55 different M⋅S complexes, where M is a (hetero)aromatic molecule and S is a closed-shell solvent atom or molecule. The experiments employ the triply resonant SEP-R2PI laser method, which involves M-centered (S0 → S1) electronic excitation, followed by S1 → S0 stimulated emission spanning a range of S0 state vibrational levels. At sufficiently high vibrational energy, vibrational predissociation of the M⋅S complex occurs. A total of 49 dissociation energies were bracketed to within ≤1.0 kJ/mol, providing a large experimental database of accurate noncovalent interactions.
AB - The gas-phase ground-state dissociation energy D0(S0) of an isolated and cold bimolecular complex is a fundamental measure of the intermolecular interaction strength between its constituents. Accurate D0 values are important for the understanding of intermolecular bonding, for benchmarking high-level theoretical calculations, and for the parameterization of dispersion-corrected density functionals or force-field models that are used in fields ranging from crystallography to biochemistry. We review experimental measurements of the gas-phase D0(S0) and D0(S1) values of 55 different M⋅S complexes, where M is a (hetero)aromatic molecule and S is a closed-shell solvent atom or molecule. The experiments employ the triply resonant SEP-R2PI laser method, which involves M-centered (S0 → S1) electronic excitation, followed by S1 → S0 stimulated emission spanning a range of S0 state vibrational levels. At sufficiently high vibrational energy, vibrational predissociation of the M⋅S complex occurs. A total of 49 dissociation energies were bracketed to within ≤1.0 kJ/mol, providing a large experimental database of accurate noncovalent interactions.
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev-physchem-050317-014224
DO - 10.1146/annurev-physchem-050317-014224
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85084182872
SN - 0066-426X
VL - 71
SP - 189
EP - 211
JO - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
JF - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
ER -