T. Asada et al., THEORETICAL-STUDY ON BINDING ENTHALPIES AND POPULATIONS OF ISOMERS OFCL-(H2O)N CLUSTERS AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE, Journal of physical chemistry, 97(29), 1993, pp. 7724-7729
The Monte Carlo simulations were performed for Cl-(H2O). (n = 1-8) at
room temperature. The calculated enthalpy changes were in reasonable a
greement with the experiments. The O-O radial distribution function of
n = 2 clearly showed that the population of the ion-centered structur
e was larger than that of the pyramidal structure, though the former w
as energetically less stable than the later by 2 kcal/mol. The mole fr
actions of isomers were estimated by the partition function constructe
d using a simple theoretical model. The results suggest that the major
isomer at room temperature is not necessarily the energetically most
stable one, but the entropy-favored one.