激光溅射金属等离子体与醇类分子束反应的研究：产物离子对分子束状态的依赖性

The gas phase reactions of metal plasma with alcohol clusters were studied by time of flight mass spectrometry （TOFMS） using laser ablation-molecular beam （LAMB） method. The significant dependence of the product cluster ions on the molecular beam conditions was observed. When the plasma acted on the low density parts of the pulsed molecular beam, the metal-alcohol complexes M^＋An （M=Cu, Al, Mg, Ni and A=C2H5OH, CH3OH） were the dominant products, and the sizes of product ion clusters were smaller. While the plasma acted on the high density part of the beam, however, the main products turned to be protonated alcohol clusters H^＋An and, as the reactions of plasma with methanol were concerned, the protonated water-methanol complexes H3O^＋（CH3OH）n with a larger size （n≤12 for ethanol and n≤24 for methanol）. Similarly, as the pressure of the carrier helium gas was varied from 1 × 10^5 to 5 × 10^5 Pa, the main products were changed from M^＋An to H^＋An and the sizes of the clusters also increased. The changes in the product clusters were attributed to the different formation mechanism of the output ions, that is, the M^＋An ions came from the reaction of metal ion with alcohol clusters, while H^＋An mainly from collisional reaction of electron with alcohol clusters.     

Ejection of Cluster Ions from a Liquid Beam of an Aniline-Propanol Solution Following Laser Photoionization

A simple technique of preparing a continuous laminar liquid flow in vacuum (liquid beam) was developed and combined with multiphoton ionization and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. This technique was applied to the study on resonance photoionization of an aniline (AN)-propanol (PrOH) solution (0.1 – 0.3 M). Binary cluster ions of aniline and propanol, AN⁺(PrOH)_n (n ≤ 1), and protonated propanol cluster ions, H⁺(PrOH)_n (n ≤ 1), were observed as product ions in the gas phase. The relative intensities of AN⁺PrOH and those of H⁺(PrOH)₂ were measured as functions of the excitation laser power and the concentration of aniline in the propanol solution. The dependences of the ion intensities on the laser power and the AN concentration are explained in terms of a Coulomb ejection model, where the ions are ejected from the surface by Coulomb repulsion exerted from neighboring ions. It is also concluded that H⁺(PrOH)_n is produced by a proton transfer reaction from an aniline ion to solvent molecules in the solution.     

Proton-bound cluster ions in ion mobility spectrometry

Gaseous oxygen and nitrogen bases, both singly and as binary mixtures, have been introduced into ion mobility spectrometers to study the appearance of protonated molecules, and proton-bound dimers and trimers. At ambient temperature it was possible to simultaneously observe, following the introduction of molecule A, comparable intensities of peaks ascribable to the reactant ion (H₂O)_nH⁺, the protonated molecule AH⁺ and AH⁺ · H₂O, and the symmetrical proton bound dimer A₂H⁺. Mass spectral identification confirmed the identifications and also showed that the majority of the protonated molecules were hydrated and that the proton-bound dimers were hydrated to a much lesser extent. No significant peaks ascribable to proton-bound trimers were obtained no matter how high the sample concentration. Binary mixtures containing molecules A and B, in some cases gave not only the peaks unique to the individual compounds but also peaks due to asymmetrical proton bound dimers AHB⁺. Such ions were always present in the spectra of mixtures of oxygen bases but were not observed for several mixtures of oxygen and nitrogen bases. The dimers, which were not observable, notable for their low hydrogen bond strengths, must have decomposed in their passage from the ion source to the detector, i.e. in a time less than ∼5 ms. When the temperature was lowered to −20 °C, trimers, both homogeneous and mixed, were observed with mixtures of alcohols. The importance of hydrogen bond energy, and hence operating temperature, in determining the degree of solvation of the ions that will be observed in an ion mobility spectrometer is stressed. The possibility is discussed that a displacement reaction involving ambient water plays a role in the dissociation.     

Zundel‐like and Eigen‐like Hydrated Protons on a Platinum Surface

The nature of hydrated protons is an important topic in the fundamental study of electrode processes in acidic environment. For example, it is not yet clear whether hydrated protons are formed in the solution or on the electrode surface in the hydrogen evolution reaction on a Pt electrode. Using mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy, we show that hydrogen atoms are converted into hydrated protons directly on a Pt(111) surface coadsorbed with hydrogen and water in ultrahigh vacuum. The hydrated protons are preferentially stabilized as multiply hydrated species (H₅O₂⁺ and H₇O₃⁺) rather than as hydronium (H₃O⁺) ions. These surface‐bound hydrated protons may play an important role in the interconversion between adsorbed hydrogen atoms and solvated protons in solution.     

Conformer-selective Photodynamics of TrpH+−H2O

The photodynamics of protonated tryptophan and its mono hydrated complex TrpH⁺−H₂O has been revisited. A combination of steady-state IR and UV cryogenic ion spectroscopies with picosecond pump-probe photodissociation experiments sheds new lights on the deactivation processes of TrpH⁺ and conformer-selected TrpH⁺−H₂O complex, supported by quantum chemistry calculations at the DFT and coupled-cluster levels for the ground and excited states, respectively. TrpH⁺ excited at the band origin exhibits a transient of less than 100 ps, assigned to the lifetime of the excited state proton transfer (ESPT) structure. The two experimentally observed conformers of TrpH⁺−H₂O have been assigned. A striking result arises from the conformer-selective photodynamics of TrpH⁺−H₂O, in which a single water molecule inserted in between the ammonium and the indole ring hinders the barrierless ESPT reaction responsible for the ultra-fast deactivation process observed in the other conformer and in bare TrpH⁺.     

Infrared Spectra of Protonated Coronene and Its Neutral Counterpart in Solid Parahydrogen: Implications for Unidentified Interstellar Infrared Emission Bands

Large protonated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (H⁺PAHs) are possible carriers of unidentified infrared (UIR) emission bands from interstellar objects, but the characterization of infrared (IR) spectra of large H⁺PAHs in the laboratory is challenging. IR absorption spectra of protonated coronene (1‐C₂₄H₁₃⁺) and mono‐hydrogenated coronene (1‐C₂₄H₁₃^.), which were produced upon electron bombardment of parahydrogen containing a small proportion of coronene (C₂₄H₁₂) during matrix deposition, were recorded. The spectra are of a much higher resolution than those obtained by IR multiphoton dissociation by Dopfer and co‐workers. The IR spectra of protonated pyrene and coronene collectively appear to have the required chromophores for features of the UIR bands, and the spectral shifts on an increase in the number of benzenoid rings point in the correct direction towards the positions of the UIR bands. Larger protonated peri‐condensed PAHs might thus be key species among the carriers of UIR bands.     

Infrared and NMR Spectroscopic Fingerprints of the Asymmetric H7+O3 Complex in Solution

Infrared (IR) absorption in the 1000–3700 cm⁻¹ range and ¹H NMR spectroscopy reveal the existence of an asymmetric protonated water trimer, H₇⁺O_3, in acetonitrile. The core H₇⁺O₃ motif persists in larger protonated water clusters in acetonitrile up to at least 8 water molecules. Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations reveal irreversible proton transport promoted by propagating the asymmetric H₇⁺O₃ structure in solution. The QM/MM calculations allow for the successful simulation of the measured IR absorption spectra of H₇⁺O₃ in the OH stretch region, which reaffirms the assignment of the H₇⁺O₃ spectra to a hybrid-complex structure: a protonated water dimer strongly hydrogen-bonded to a third water molecule with the proton exchanging between the two possible shared-proton Zundel-like centers. The H₇⁺O₃ structure lends itself to promoting irreversible proton transport in presence of even one additional water molecule. We demonstrate how continuously evolving H₇⁺O₃ structures may support proton transport within larger water solvates.     

Formation of a Ring-Shaped Reduced “Metal Oxide” with the Simple Composition [(MoO3)176(H2O)80H32]

The largest inorganic molecular system so far , [(MoO₃)₁₇₆(H₂O)₈₀H₃₂] ( 1 ; the picture on the right shows the polyhedral representation), which has been characterized by X-ray structure analysis, possesses a cavity of diameter 2.3 nm and remarkably shows the stoichiometry of a (reduced) protonated and hydrated “molecular molybdenum trioxide”. It is formed by reduction of an aqueous solution of lithium molybdate with tin(II ) chloride at very high H⁺ concentrations.     

Effect of method of ion preparation on low-energy collision-induced dissociation mass spectra

The collision-induced dissociation (CID) mass spectra of protonated cocaine and protonated heroin have been measured using a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer at 50 eV ion/neutral collision energy for protonated molecules prepared by different protonating agents. The CID mass spectra of protonated cocaine using H⁺(H₂O)_n, H⁺(NH₃)_n and H⁺((CH₃)₂NH)_n as protonating agents are essentially identical and it is concluded that, regardless of the initial site of protonation, the fragmentation reactions occurring on collisional activation are identical. By contrast, protonated heorin prepared with H⁺(H₂O)_n and H⁺(NH₃)_n as protonating agents show substantial differences. That formed by reaction of H⁺(H₂O)_n shows a much more abundant peak corresponding to loss of CH₃CO₂H. From a comparison with model compounds, and from a consideration of the three-dimensional structure of heroin, it is concluded that with H⁺(H₂O)_n as protonating agent significant protonation occurs at the acetate group attached to the alicyclic ring, leading to acetic acid loss on collisional activation, but that reaction of H⁺(NH₃)_n leads to protonation at the nitrogen function. The proton attached to nitrogen cannot interact with the acetate group and, consequently, the probability of loss of acetic acid on collislional activation is greatly reduced.     

Gas-phase fragmentation reactions of protonated glycerol and its oligomers: Metastable and collision-induced dissociation reactions,associated deuterium isotope effects and the structure of [C3H5O]+, [C2H5O]+, [C2H4O]+. and [C2H3O]+ ions

The chemistry of glycerol subjected to a high-energy particle beam was explored by studying the mass spectral fragmentation characteristics of gas-phase protonated glycerol and its oligomers by using tandem mass spectrometry. Both unimolecular metastable and collision-induced dissociation reactions were studied. Collision activation of protonated glycerol results in elimiation of H₂O and CH₃OH molecules. The resulting ions undergo further fragmentations. The origin of several fragment ions was established by obtaining their product and precursor ion spectra. Corresponding data for the deuterated analogs support those results. The structures of the fragment ions of compositions [C₃H₅O]⁺, [C₂H₅O]⁺, [C₂H₄O]^+. and [C₂H₃O]⁺ derived from protonated glycerol were also identified. Proton-bound glycerol oligomers fragment principally via loss of neutral glycerol molecules. Dissociation of mixed clusters of glycerol and deuterated glycerol displays normal secondary isotope effects.     

Experimental and Theoretical Study of Hydrogen Atom Abstraction from Ethylene by Stoichiometric Zirconium Oxide Clusters

The reactions of cationic zirconium oxide clusters （ZrxOy^＋） with ethylene （C2H4） were investigated by using a time-of-flight mass spectrometer coupled with a laser ablation/supersonic expansion cluster source. Some hydrogen containing products （ZrO2）xH^＋（x=-1-4） were observed after the reaction. The density functional theory calculations indicate that apart from the common oxygen transfer reaction channel, the hydrogen abstraction channel can also occur in （ZrO2）x^＋＋C2H4, which supports that the observed （ZrO2）xH^＋ may be due to （ZrO2）x^＋＋C2H4→（ZrO2）xH^＋＋C2H3. The rate constants of different reaction channels were also calculated by Rice-Rarnsberger-Kassel-Marcus theory.     

Gas-phase cluster cations generated by direct laser ablation on AgBr/S mixture

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Alkali-hydride water cluster ions

Using a CO₂ laser we have desorbed LiOH and NaOH from a solid target into an expanding inert gas jet pulse. Subsequently the beam was ionized by photons from a UV laser. Surprisingly, we observed in mass spectra metal water clusters and metal-hydride water clusters. For the metals M=Li, Na we find that the [M(H₂O)_n]⁺ peaks are dominant for small clusters, while for large clusters (n>20) the [MH(H₂O)_n]⁺ peaks are dominant. This indicates that the clathrate (H₂O)₂₀ may play an important role in the formation of metallo-water clusters.     

Laser ionization of H2S and ion-molecule reactions of H3S+ in laser-based ion mobility spectrometry and drift cell time-of-flight mass spectrometry

The detection of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) by 2?+?1 resonance-enhanced multi-photon ionization (REMPI) and the application of H₂S as a laser dopant for the detection of polar compounds in laser ion mobility (IM) spectrometry at atmospheric pressure were investigated. Underlying ionization mechanisms were elucidated by additional studies employing a drift cell interfaced to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Depending on the pressure, the primary ions H₂S⁺, HS⁺, S⁺, and secondary ions, such as H₃S⁺, were observed. The 2?+?1 REMPI spectrum of H₂S near λ?=?302.5 nm was recorded at atmospheric pressure. Furthermore, the limit of detection and the linear range were established. In the second part of the work, H₂S was investigated as an H₂O analogous laser dopant for the ionization of polar substances by proton transfer. H₂S exhibits a proton affinity (PA) similar to that of H₂O, but a significantly lower ionization energy facilitating laser ionization. Ion-molecule reactions (IMR) of H₃S⁺ with a variety of polar substances with PA between 754.6 and 841.6 kJ/mol were investigated. Representatives of different compound classes, including alcohols, ketones, esters, and nitroaromatics were analyzed. The IM spectra resulting from IMR of H₃S⁺ and H₃O⁺ with these substances are similar in structure, i.e., protonated monomer and dimer ion peaks are found depending on the analyte concentration.     

Early Stage Solvation of Protonated Methanol by Carbon Dioxide (cited: 1)

The solvation of protonated methanol by carbon dioxide has been studied via a cluster model. Quantum chemical calculations of the H⁺(CH₃OH)(CO₂)_n⁺(n=1-7) clusters indicate that the rst solvation shell of the OH groups is completed at n=3 or 4. Besides hydrogen-bond interaction, the C_CO2…O_CO2 intermolecular interaction is also responsible for the stabilization of the larger clusters. The transfer of the proton from methanol onto CO₂ with the formation of the OCOH⁺ moiety might be unfavorable in the early stage of solvation process. Simulated IR spectra reveal that vibrational frequencies of free O-H stretching, hydrogen-bonded O-H stretching, and O-C-O stretching of CO₂ unit a ord the sensitive probe for exploring the solvation of protonated methanol by carbon dioxide. IR spectra for the H⁺(CH₃OH)(CO₂)_n⁺(n=1-7) clusters could be readily measured by the infrared photodissociation technique and thus provide useful information for the understanding of solvation processes.     

On the Search for H5O2+centered Water Clusters in the Gas Phase

In searching for H₅O₂⁺-centered water clusters, we employed vibrational predissociation spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. Structures of the clusters were characterized by the free- and hydrogen-bonded-OH stretches of ion cores and solvent molecules. Systematic examination of H⁺(H₂O)_5–7 in a supersonic expansion reveals the presence of both cyclic and noncyclic forms of H₅O₂⁺-centered water clusters. The proton transfer intermediate H₅O₂⁺(H₂O)₄ was identified, for the first time, by its characteristic hydrogen-bonded-OH stretches of the ion core at 3178 cm^?1. Also discovered at n = 7 is the H₅O₂⁺-containing five-membered ring isomer, whose existence is evidenced by the observation of a bonded-OH stretching doublet at 3544 and 3555 cm^?1 of the solvent molecules. The observations are in accord with ab initio calculations which forecast that H₅O₂⁺(H₂O)₄ and H₅O₂⁺(H₂O)₅ are, respectively, the lowest-energy isomers of protonated water hexamers and heptamers.     

Raman studies of the hydrated melt of FeCl36H2O

The hydrated melt of FeCl₃6H₂O has been investigated by laser Raman spectroscopy. Application of the background correction and band fitting computational methods has revealed that the hydrated melt predominantly contains an octahedral species, Fe(H₂O)₄Cl⁺₂, and a tetrahedral species, FeCl⁻₄. These are present in almost equal concentrations because the hydrated melt produces about twice the amount of contained FeCl⁻₄ species in the presence of excess CL⁻ ion. The relatively high electrical conductivity of the hydrated melt is consistent with the ionic species [Fe(H₂O)₄Cl₂]⁺ and [FeCl₄]⁻, rather than a bitetrahedral species, Fe₂Cl₆.     

Ionization-induced nucleation above liquid beam of aqueous solution of phenol after IR laser irradiation

A continuous liquid flow of an aqueous solution of phenol (Ph) in a vacuum (a liquid beam) was irradiated with a pulsed IR laser at 3 μm, which was resonant to the OH-stretching vibration of the solvent water molecules. Phenol molecules ejected from the liquid beam were selectively ionized at about 0.5 mm above it by a pulsed UV laser (270–280 nm). The photoions thus produced were extracted in a pulsed electric field with a given residence time after the photoionization for mass analysis. It was shown that photoions, Ph⁺, were solvated into Ph⁺(H₂O)_n in a dense cloud of water vapor ejected from the liquid beam by IR irradiation.     

Studies of Sb and Bi cluster produced by laser desorption

Direct production of cations and anions of metal clusters of Sb and Bi by laser evaporation in a vacuum has been studied. Bulk sample substrates are irradiated by 1064, 532 and 355 nm beams at variable intensity, and the ions produced are accelerated and identified by time-of-flight mass spectrometry. At 1064 nm, the cation distributions show that Sb ₃ ⁺ and Bi ₃ ⁺ are the most abundant species, while the monomer and dimer cations are almost non-existent. The anion spectra indicate very low yields of Sb^? and Bi^? with dominant dimer anion species. These patterns persist with laser power variation within the stable operation domain. With lower incident laser wavelength, the mass distributions are modified, favouring the production of the light cluster ions. In no circumstances were Sb and Bi ions withn>5 observed. Many of the observed phenomena can be explained if one assumes that for these elements, clusters withn<6 are formed on the substrate surface. Cluster ions are produced via a prompt desorption process, and are subjected to photon induced reactions due to the same incident laser beam. However, more detailed investigation of the desorption properties will be necessary to confirm such a desorption mechanism.     

Spectral Signatures of Protonated Noble Gas Clusters of Ne,Ar, Kr,and Xe: From Monomers to Trimers

The structures and spectral features of protonated noble gas clusters are examined using a first principles approach. Protonated noble gas monomers (NgH⁺) and dimers (NgH⁺Ng) have a linear structure, while the protonated noble gas trimers (Ng₃H⁺) can have a T-shaped or linear structure. Successive binding energies for these complexes are calculated at the CCSD(T)/CBS level of theory. Anharmonic simulations for the dimers and trimers unveil interesting spectral features. The symmetric NgH⁺Ng are charactized by a set of progression bands, which involves one quantum of the asymmetric Ng-H⁺ stretch with multiple quanta of the symmetric Ng-H⁺ stretch. Such a spectral signature is very robust and is predicted to be observed in both T-shaped and linear isomers of Ng₃H⁺. Meanwhile, for selected asymmetric NgH⁺Ng’, a Fermi resonance interaction involving the first overtone of the proton bend with the proton stretch is predicted to occur in ArH⁺Kr and XeH⁺Kr.