Three-dimensional models for the aqueous solvation structures of chloride, bromide, and iodide are reported. K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and Minuit X-ray absorption near edge (MXAN) analyses found well-defined single shell solvation spheres for bromide and iodide. However, dissolved chloride proved structurally distinct, with two solvation shells needed to explain its strikingly different X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectrum. Final solvation models were as follows: iodide, 8 water molecules at 3.60 ± 0.13 Å and bromide, 8 water molecules at 3.40 ± 0.14 Å, while chloride solvation included 7 water molecules at 3.15 ± 0.10 Å, and a second shell of 7 water molecules at 4.14 ± 0.30 Å. Each of the three derived solvation shells is approximately uniformly disposed about the halides, with no global asymmetry. Time-dependent density functional theory calculations simulating the chloride XANES spectra following from alternative solvation spheres revealed surprising sensitivity of the electronic state to 6-, 7-, or 8-coordination, implying a strongly bounded phase space for the correct structure during an MXAN fit. MXAN analysis further showed that the asymmetric solvation predicted from molecular dynamics simulations using halide polarization can play no significant part in bulk solvation. Classical molecular dynamics used to explore chloride solvation found a 7-water solvation shell at 3.12 (−0.04/+0.3) Å, supporting the experimental result. These experiments provide the first fully three-dimensional structures presenting to atomic resolution the aqueous solvation spheres of the larger halide ions.
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28 July 2016
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July 29 2016
Solvation structure of the halides from x-ray absorption spectroscopy
Matthew Antalek;
Matthew Antalek
1Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
Stanford University
, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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Elisabetta Pace;
Elisabetta Pace
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Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati-INFN
, P.O. Box 13, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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Britt Hedman;
Britt Hedman
1Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
Stanford University
, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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Keith O. Hodgson;
Keith O. Hodgson
3Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University
, Stanford, California 94305, USA
4SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
Stanford University
, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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Giovanni Chillemi;
Giovanni Chillemi
a)
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CINECA
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Maurizio Benfatto;
Maurizio Benfatto
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Ritimukta Sarangi;
Ritimukta Sarangi
c)
1Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
Stanford University
, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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Patrick Frank
Patrick Frank
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1Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
Stanford University
, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
3Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University
, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Email: g.chillemi@cineca.it. Tel.: +39 06 44486 706. Fax: +39 051 2130225.
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Email: Maurizio.Benfatto@lnf.infn.it. Tel.: +39-06-9403-2884. Fax: +39-06-9403-2582.
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J. Chem. Phys. 145, 044318 (2016)
Article history
Received:
March 16 2016
Accepted:
July 11 2016
Citation
Matthew Antalek, Elisabetta Pace, Britt Hedman, Keith O. Hodgson, Giovanni Chillemi, Maurizio Benfatto, Ritimukta Sarangi, Patrick Frank; Solvation structure of the halides from x-ray absorption spectroscopy. J. Chem. Phys. 28 July 2016; 145 (4): 044318. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4959589
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