C4H5N-(NH3)n氢键团簇的多光子电离与从头计算

在355和532nm激光波长下用TOF质谱仪研究了C4H5N-(NH3)n系列氢键团簇体系的多光子电离.实验发现,两波长下除了得到一系列团簇离子外,还观测到一系列质子化产物C4H5N-(NH3)n－H＋.这些质子化产物来自于光电离过程中团簇内部的质子转移反应;系列离子出现反常强度变化,即离子强度较离子明显减小;从头计算结果表明,上述现象是由于中性团簇稳定性的差异造成的.     

吡啶团簇的飞秒光电离和从头计算研究

用飞秒激光电离飞行时间质谱研究了吡啶分子团簇在400 nm波长下的多光子光电离,实验观测到一系列的质子化和非质子化团簇离子.结果表明,质子转移也能发生在弱氢键结合的分子间.通过分析离子峰宽和离子信号强度随气源压力的变化,得到质子化团簇离子来源于大团簇离子的碎裂,而非质子化团簇离子是中性团簇直接电离的结果.从头计算结果表明,吡啶团簇是通过弱氢键C-H…N 结合在一起的,并且团簇离子离解倾向于生成质子化产物.     

大气环境中的水分子团簇分布和H＋(H2O)n (n＝4～16)离子的解离

报道了用质谱学方法首次测得的大气中各种水的团簇分布情况. 表明在室内大气环境下, 水主要是以几个至几十个水分子所组成的分子团簇的形式存在, 且团簇的分布与空气湿度, 即水在空气中的分压有关. 实验中, 除观测到空气中也存在前人已报道过的具有笼状结构的H＋(H2O)21外, 还观测到其他几种较稳定结构的水的团簇, 即H＋(H2O)4, H＋(H2O)10和H＋(H2O)15. 实验中所测得的水分子团簇分布结果与使用的离子源以及质量分析器种类无关. 我们还用碰撞诱导解离(CID)的方法研究了H＋(H2O)n (n＝4～16)离子的碰撞解离产物, 结果表明, 对于H＋(H2O)n (n＝4～16)的离子, 其较稳定的离子的碰撞解离产物均为H＋(H2O)n (n＝4～6). 我们还进一步研究了H＋(H2O)10离子的碰撞解离产物与碰撞气体(即Ar气)密度的关系, 得到了碰撞气体密度与碰撞解离产物分布的关系.     

氨和甲醇团簇中的质子转移反应

应用激光多光子电离质谱和分子束技术研究了氨和甲醇二元团簇,实验观测到两个系列质子化的团簇离子: (CH3OH)nH+和(CH3OH)nNH4+(1≤n≤14 ),其产生是经过二元团簇内的质子转移反应。同时也研究了氘代甲醇CH3OD和氨混合团簇,结果表明OD原子团中的D转移概率比CH3原子团中的质子转移概率大几倍。在HF/STO-3G和MP2/6-31G*　*水平上对氨和甲醇二元团簇进行了计算,结果表明与CH3相比OH中的质子转移更加容易,因为CH3中的质子转移过程要克服高度约120 kJ/mol的能垒。     

甲醇团簇的多光子电离质谱及其从头算

用355 nm激光对脉冲分子束超声膨胀冷却的甲醇分子进行多光子电离, 飞行时间质谱仪观测到除甲醇碎片离子外的质子化甲醇团簇(CH3OH)nH+(n=1-16), 且离子的种类及相对强度与激光相对于脉冲分子束的延时无关, 取决于团簇离子内在结构的稳定性. 结合从头算密度泛函理论, 在B3LYP/6-31G(d)基组水平上优化得到了(CH3OH)n和(CH3OH)nH+(n=1-4)的稳定构型. 振动频谱分析显示, 团簇中最强的红外振动模主要来自氢键H伸缩振动的贡献. 团簇电离后发生于团簇内的质子转移反应也可能与激光电离引起的与氢键有关的振动模激发密切相关.     

丙酮团簇的多光子电离解离与结构计算

用355nm激光多光子电离解离飞行时间质谱观测到在超声分子束中形成的最多为12个分子的团簇离子及其碎片.用密度泛函方法对n=2～5的丙酮团簇结构进行计算,给出了优化构型及其基态能量.结果表明,两个丙酮分子组成团簇时稳定结构为近似垂直构型.3～5个丙酮分子组成团簇时以环状结构最稳定.     

大气环境中的水分子团簇分布和H+(H2O)n(n=4～16)离子的解离

报道了用质谱学方法首次测得的大气中各种水的团簇分布情况.表明在室内大气环境下,水主要是以几个至几十个水分子所组成的分子团簇的形式存在,且团簇的分布与空气湿度,即水在空气中的分压有关.实验中,除观测到空气中也存在前人已报道过的具有笼状结构的H+(H2O)21外,还观测到其他几种较稳定结构的水的团簇,即H+(H2O)4,H+(H2O)10和H+(H2O)15.实验中所测得的水分子团簇分布结果与使用的离子源以及质量分析器种类无关.我们还用碰撞诱导解离(CID)的方法研究了H+(H2O)n(n=4～16)离子的碰撞解离产物,结果表明,对于H+(H2O)n(n=4～16)的离子,其较稳定的离子的碰撞解离产物均为H+(H2O)n(n=4～6).我们还进一步研究了H+(H2O)10离子的碰撞解离产物与碰撞气体(即Ar气)密度的关系,得到了碰撞气体密度与碰撞解离产物分布的关系.     

苯丙氨酸取代的丝氨酸八聚体离子的红外光解离光谱及其在手性分析中的应用

通过电喷雾电离的方法,结合质谱-红外解离光谱技术对苯丙氨酸取代的丝氨酸八聚体团簇离子的红外解离光谱手性效应进行了研究,获得了相应的团簇离子在2 700~3 600 cm~(-1)的红外解离光谱。实验结果显示,苯丙氨酸取代的丝氨酸八聚体团簇离子均存在明显的同手性优势。通过比较相应红外解离光谱图的差异或在特定波长处的红外解离质谱均可实现苯丙氨酸单元的手性区分。     

C4H5N-(H2O)n氢键团簇的多光子电离与从头计算研究

在355、532nm激光波长下用TOF质谱研究了C4H5N-(H2O)n氢键团簇体系的多光子电离。二波长下均得到一系列C4H5N-(H2O)n+及质子化产物C4H5N-(H2O)nH+。355nm下可能存在双光子共振电离过程,使得该波长下吡咯母体及团簇离子信号较532nm有明显增强。从头计算结果表明质子化产物的质子更可能连接于吡咯环的α-C原子,而不是N原子上,即光电离过程诱发了一个簇内的质子转移反应。在532nm下质子化产物的生成主要来自于一个发生于团簇内部的Penning电离或电荷转移过程。团簇的形成对吡咯光解产物的稳定化作用使得团簇系列C4H4N-(H2O)n+出现反常强度变化。     

激光溅射-分子束法研究镁、铝离子与乙腈分子的气相化学反应

利用激光溅射-分子束技术研究了Mg+、 Al+与乙腈分子的气相团簇反应.根据反射式飞行时间质谱检测的结果发现, Mg+、 Al+与乙腈分子反应形成不同尺寸的团簇离子产物,其中Al+与(CHCN)n的结合数n=1～10,而Mg+与(CHCN)n的结合数n=1～5. Al+(CHCN)n、 Mg+(CHCN)n团簇离子产物的强度分布都存在明显的强度间隙现象. Al+与(CHCN)n进行缔合时,出现了两个强度间隙;而Mg+与(CHCN)n进行缔合时,则只存在一个强度间隙. Al+的第一强度间隙在n=4～5,第二强度间隙在n=6～7;而Mg+的强度间隙在n=2～3.     

Single photon ionization of van der Waals clusters with a soft x-ray laser: (SO2)n and (SO2)n(H2O)m

van der Waals cluster (SO2)n is investigated by using single photon ionization of a 26.5 eV soft x-ray laser. During the ionization process, neutral clusters suffer a small fragmentation because almost all energy is taken away by the photoelectron and a small part of the photon energy is deposited into the (SO2)n cluster. The distribution of (SO2)n clusters decreases roughly exponentially with increasing cluster size. The photoionization dissociation fraction of I[(SO2)(n-1)SO+] / I[(SO2)n+] decreases with increasing cluster size due to the formation of cluster. The metastable dissociation rate constants of (SO2)n+ are measured in the range of (0.6-1.5) x 10(4) s(-1) for cluster sizes 5< or =n< or =16. Mixed SO2-H2O clusters are studied at different experimental conditions. At the condition of high SO2 concentration (20% SO2 partial pressure), (SO2)n+ cluster ions dominate the mass spectrum, and the unprotonated mixed cluster ions (SO2)nH2O+ (1< or =n< or =5) are observed. At the condition of low SO2 concentration (5% SO2 partial pressure) (H2O)nH+ cluster ions are the dominant signals, and protonated cluster ions (SO2)(H2O)nH+ are observed. The mixed clusters, containing only one SO2 or H2O molecule, SO2(H2O)nH+ and (SO2)nH2O+ are observed, respectively.     

Dynamics and fragmentation of van der Waals clusters: (H2O)n, (CH3OH)n, and (NH3)n upon ionization by a 26.5 eV soft x-ray laser

A tabletop soft x-ray laser is applied for the first time as a high energy photon source for chemical dynamics experiments in the study of water, methanol, and ammonia clusters through time of flight mass spectroscopy. The 26.5 eV/photon laser (pulse time duration of approximately 1 ns) is employed as a single photon ionization source for the detection of these clusters. Only a small fraction of the photon energy is deposited in the cluster for metastable dissociation of cluster ions, and most of it is removed by the ejected electron. Protonated water, methanol, and ammonia clusters dominate the cluster mass spectra. Unprotonated ammonia clusters are observed in the protonated cluster ion size range 2< or =n< or =22. The unimolecular dissociation rate constants for reactions involving loss of one neutral molecule are calculated to be (0.6-2.7)x10(4), (3.6-6.0)x10(3), and (0.8-2.0)x10(4) s(-1) for the protonated water (9< or =n< or =24), methanol (5< or =n< or =10), and ammonia (5< or =n< or =18) clusters, respectively. The temperatures of the neutral clusters are estimated to be between 40 and 200 K for water clusters (10< or =n< or =21), and 50-100 K for methanol clusters (6< or =n< or =10). Products with losses of up to five H atoms are observed in the mass spectrum of the neutral ammonia dimer. Large ammonia clusters (NH(3))(n) (n>3) do not lose more than three H atoms in the photoionization/photodissociation process. For all three cluster systems studied, single photon ionization with a 26.5 eV photon yields near threshold ionization. The temperature of these three cluster systems increases with increasing cluster size over the above-indicated ranges.     

Hydrogen bonds in 1,4-dioxane/ammonia binary clusters

With synchrotron radiation, we have studied the photoionization and dissociation of 1,4-dioxane/ammonia clusters in a supersonic expansion. The observed major product ions are the 1,4-dioxane cation M(+) and protonated cluster ions M(NH(3))(n)H(+) (where M=1,4-dioxane), and the intensities of the unprotonated cluster ions M(NH(3))(n) (+) are much lower. Fully optimized geometries and energies of the neutral cluster M(NH(3))(2) and related cluster ions have been obtained using the ab initio molecular orbital method and density functional theory. The potential energy surface of the excited state of M(NH(3))(2) (+) was also calculated. With these results, the mechanisms of different photoionization-dissociation channels have been suggested. The most probable channel is electron ejection from the highest occupied molecular orbital, followed by the dissociation into M(+) and (NH(3))(2). For another main channel, after removing an electron from the second highest occupied molecular orbital, the intracluster proton transfer process takes place to form the stable unprotonated cluster ion M(NH(3))H(+)-NH(2), which usually leads to the dissociated protonated cluster ion M(NH(3))H(+) and a radical NH(2).     

Single photon ionization of van der Waals clusters with a soft x-ray laser: (CO2)n and (CO2)n(H2O)m

Pure neutral (CO2)n clusters and mixed (CO2)n(H2O)m clusters are investigated employing time of flight mass spectroscopy and single photon ionization at 26.5 eV. The distribution of pure (CO2)n clusters decreases roughly exponentially with increasing cluster size. During the ionization process, neutral clusters suffer little fragmentation because almost all excess cluster energy above the vertical ionization energy is taken away by the photoelectron and only a small part of the photon energy is deposited into the (CO2)n cluster. Metastable dissociation rate constants of (CO2)n+ are measured in the range of (0.2-1.5) x 10(4) s(-1) for cluster sizes of 5< or =n< or =16. Mixed CO2-H2O clusters are studied under different generation conditions (5% and 20% CO2 partial pressures and high and low expansion pressures). At high CO2 concentration, predominant signals in the mass spectrum are the (CO2)n+ cluster ions. The unprotonated cluster ion series (CO2)nH2O+ and (CO2)n(H2O)2+ are also observed under these conditions. At low CO2 concentration, protonated cluster ions (H2O)nH+ are the dominant signals, and the protonated CO2(H2O)nH+ and unprotonated (H2O)n+ and (CO2)(H2O)n+ cluster ion series are also observed. The mechanisms and dynamics of the formation of these neutral and ionic clusters are discussed.     

Collision energy transfer in collision of NH(4) (+)(NH(3))(n-1) (n=3-9) with ND(3)

An incorporation of ND(3) into protonated ammonia cluster ions NH(4)(+)(NH(3))(n-1) (n=3-9), together with a dissociation of the cluster ions, was observed in the collision of the cluster with ND(3) at collision energies ranging from 0.04 to 1.4 eV in the center-of-mass frame. The branching fractions of the cluster ion species produced in the reactions were obtained as a function of the collision energy. The branching fractions of the incorporation products were successfully explained in terms of the Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel (RRK) theory at collision energies lower than the binding energy of the cluster ion. In addition, the internal energy distributions of the parent cluster ions were determined, and found to be in good agreement with those predicted using the evaporative ensemble model. In incorporations at collision energies lower than the binding energy of the cluster ion, all of the collision energy was transferred to the internal energy of the cluster ions; subsequently, an evaporation of ammonia molecules occurred in an equilibrium process after a complete energy redistribution in the clusters. In contrast, at collision energies higher than the binding energy of the cluster ion, a release of an ammonia molecule from the incorporation products occurred in a nonequilibrium process. The transition from the complex mode to the direct mode in the incorporation was observed at collision energies approximately equal to the binding energy. On the other hand, the collision energy dependence of the cross sections for the dissociation and for a nonreactive collision were estimated by a RRK simulation in which the collision energy transfer was interpreted by using the classical hard-sphere collision model. A relationship between reactivity and reaction modes in the collision of NH(4)(+)(NH(3))(4) with ND(3) is discussed via a comparison of the experimental results with the RRK simulation.     

Decomposition channels for multiply charged ammonia clusters

Multiply charged ammonia cluster ions are produced by adiabatic nozzle expansion and subsequent ionization by electron impact. They are analyzed in a double focussing sector field mass spectrometer (reversed geometry). Doubly charged clusters are only detected above a critical size of 51 and triply charged clusters above 121. Some of these multiply charged ions decay via metastable dissociation processes in the experimental time window accessible. Doubly charged ammonia clusters with sizes ofn≧51 lose one neutral monomer or, roughly ten times less probable, two neutral monomers. Conversely, triply charged ammonia clusters with sizes 110≦n≦120 show an extremely asymmetric Coulomb dissociation resulting in doubly charged cluster ions of about 90% of the initial mass     

Generation and collision-induced dissociation of ammonium tetrafluoroborate cluster ions

Singly and doubly charged cluster ions of ammonium tetrafluoroborate (NH4BF4) with general formula [(NH4BF4)nNH4]+ and [(NH4BF4)m(NH4)2]2+, respectively, were generated by electrospray ionization (ESI) and their fragmentation examined using collision-induced dissociation (CID) and ion-trap tandem mass spectrometry. CID of [(NH4BF4)nNH4]+ caused the loss of one or more neutral NH4BF4 units. The n = 2 cluster, [(NH4BF4)2NH4]+, was unique in that it also exhibited a dissociation pathway in which HBF4 was eliminated to create [(NH4BF4)(NH3)NH4]+. Dissociation of [(NH4BF4)m(NH4)2]2+ occurred through two general pathways: (a) 'fission' to produce singly charged cluster ions and (b) elimination of one or more neutral NH4BF4 units to leave doubly charged product ions. CID profiles, and measurements of changing precursor and product ion signal intensity as a function of applied collision voltage, were collected for [(NH4BF4)nNH4]+ and compared with those for analogous [(NaBF4)nNa]+ and [(KBF4)nK]+ ions to determine the influence of the cation on the relative stability of cluster ions. In general, the [(NH4BF4)nNH4]+ clusters were found to be easier to dissociate than both the sodium and potassium clusters of comparable size, with [(KBF4)nK]+ ions the most difficult to dissociate.     

Single photon ionization of hydrogen bonded clusters with a soft x-ray laser: (HCOOH)x and (HCOOH)y(H2O)z

Pure, neutral formic acid (HCOOH)n+1 clusters and mixed (HCOOH)(H2O) clusters are investigated employing time of flight mass spectroscopy and single photon ionization at 26.5 eV using a very compact, capillary discharge, soft x-ray laser. During the ionization process, neutral clusters suffer little fragmentation because almost all excess energy above the vertical ionization energy is taken away by the photoelectron, leaving only a small part of the photon energy deposited into the (HCOOH)n+1+ cluster. The vertical ionization energy minus the adiabatic ionization energy is enough excess energy in the clusters to surmount the proton transfer energy barrier and induce the reaction (HCOOH)n+1+-->(HCOOH)nH+ +HCOO making the protonated (HCOOH)nH+ series dominant in all data obtained. The distribution of pure (HCOOH)nH+ clusters is dependent on experimental conditions. Under certain conditions, a magic number is found at n=5. Metastable dissociation rate constants of (HCOOH)nH+ are measured in the range (0.1-0.8)x10(4) s(-1) for cluster sizes 4相似文献   

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