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Title: The selenocyanate dimer radical anion in water: Transient Raman spectra, structure, and reaction dynamics

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The selenocyanate dimer radical anion (SeCN)2•-, prepared by electron pulse irradiation of selenocyanate anion (SeCN)⁻ in water, has been examined by transient absorption, time-resolved Raman spectra, and range-separated hybrid density functional (ωB97x and LC-ωPBE) theory. The Raman spectrum, excited in resonance with the 450 nm (λmax) absorption of the radical, is dominated by a very strong band at 140.5 cm⁻¹, associated with the Se–Se stretching vibration, its overtones and combinations. A striking feature of the (SeCN)2•- Raman spectrum is the relative sharpness of the 140.5 cm⁻¹ band compared to the S–S band at 220 cm⁻¹ in thiocyanate radical anion (SCN)2•-, the difference of which is explained in terms of a time-averaged site effect. Calculations, which reproduce experimental frequencies fairly well, predict a molecular geometry with the SeSe bond length of 2.917 (±0.04) Å, the SeC bond length of 1.819 (±0.004) Å, and the CN bond length of 1.155 (±0.002) Å. An anharmonicity of 0.44 cm⁻¹ has been determined for the 140.5 cm⁻¹ Se–Se vibration which led to a dissociation energy of -1.4 eV for the SeSe bond, using the Morse potential in a diatomic approximation. This value, estimated for the radical confined in a solvent cage, compares well with themore » calculated gas-phase energy, 1.32 ± 0.04 eV, required for the radical to dissociate into (SeCN)• and (SeCN)⁻ fragments. Here, the enthalpy of dissociation in water has been measured (0.36 eV) and compared with the value estimated by accounting for the solvent dielectric effects in structural calculations.« less

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Journal of Chemical Physics
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Journal Volume: 150; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Chemistry; Physics; Radicals (Chemistry); Spastic Syndrome; Selenocyanate; 5-Phenylcarbamoylpentyl Selenocyanide; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; Structure; Probe Gene Fragment; Solvents; Selenium Supplement; 3,5,5-Trimethyl-2-Morpholinon-3-Yl Radical Dimer

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Janik, Ireneusz, and Tripathi, G. N. R. The selenocyanate dimer radical anion in water: Transient Raman spectra, structure, and reaction dynamics. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5086400.
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Janik, Ireneusz, & Tripathi, G. N. R. The selenocyanate dimer radical anion in water: Transient Raman spectra, structure, and reaction dynamics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086400
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Janik, Ireneusz, and Tripathi, G. N. R. Tue . "The selenocyanate dimer radical anion in water: Transient Raman spectra, structure, and reaction dynamics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086400. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1609174.
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@article{osti_1609174,
title = {The selenocyanate dimer radical anion in water: Transient Raman spectra, structure, and reaction dynamics},
author = {Janik, Ireneusz and Tripathi, G. N. R.},
abstractNote = {The selenocyanate dimer radical anion (SeCN)2•-, prepared by electron pulse irradiation of selenocyanate anion (SeCN)⁻ in water, has been examined by transient absorption, time-resolved Raman spectra, and range-separated hybrid density functional (ωB97x and LC-ωPBE) theory. The Raman spectrum, excited in resonance with the 450 nm (λmax) absorption of the radical, is dominated by a very strong band at 140.5 cm⁻¹, associated with the Se–Se stretching vibration, its overtones and combinations. A striking feature of the (SeCN)2•- Raman spectrum is the relative sharpness of the 140.5 cm⁻¹ band compared to the S–S band at 220 cm⁻¹ in thiocyanate radical anion (SCN)2•-, the difference of which is explained in terms of a time-averaged site effect. Calculations, which reproduce experimental frequencies fairly well, predict a molecular geometry with the SeSe bond length of 2.917 (±0.04) Å, the SeC bond length of 1.819 (±0.004) Å, and the CN bond length of 1.155 (±0.002) Å. An anharmonicity of 0.44 cm⁻¹ has been determined for the 140.5 cm⁻¹ Se–Se vibration which led to a dissociation energy of -1.4 eV for the SeSe bond, using the Morse potential in a diatomic approximation. This value, estimated for the radical confined in a solvent cage, compares well with the calculated gas-phase energy, 1.32 ± 0.04 eV, required for the radical to dissociate into (SeCN)• and (SeCN)⁻ fragments. Here, the enthalpy of dissociation in water has been measured (0.36 eV) and compared with the value estimated by accounting for the solvent dielectric effects in structural calculations.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5086400},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
number = 9,
volume = 150,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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