Structures, energies, and spectra of aqua-silver (I) complexes

Owing to the utility of redox phenomena of silver in many chemical systems, it is important to understand the coordination chemistry of Ag+ ion and hence the hydration structure. The lowest-energy conformations of Ag+(H2O)1–6 are sensitive to the calculation method employed. The coordination number (Nc) of Ag+(H2O)n is predicted to be 2 for n=2–6 at the density functional theory level, while the Nc for n=3–5 is 3, and that for n=6 is 4 at the second-order Moller–Plesset perturbation level. Further accurate analysis based on coupled-cluster singles and doubles theory with perturbative corrections for triple excitations agrees with the MP2 results except that Nc of 4 is also as competitive as Nc of 3 for n=5. To identify the correct Nc, it would be useful to facilitate the IR experimental characterization. We thus provide the OH spectra for various possible structures. It is interesting to note that the hydration chemistry of Ag+ ion is somewhat different from that of alkali metal ions.

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