Infrared photodissociation spectroscopy and density-functional calculations of protonated methanol cluster ions: Solvation structures of an excess proton.

Solvation structures of an excess proton in protonated methanol cluster ions, H(+)(CH(3)OH)(n) (n=5-8), were investigated by photodissociation spectroscopy in the middle infrared region (900-2300 cm(-1)) and by using density-functional theory. This work indicates that the excess proton is delocalized between two methanol molecules. Spectral features observed in the range 1400-1800 cm(-1) are attributed to vibrational modes involving collective motion of the shared proton and the two ligand molecules. At n=6-8, broad spectral features in the region above 1800 cm(-1) suggest coexistence of isomers in which the excess proton and a methanol molecule are tightly bound to form an ion core, CH(3)OH(2) (+).

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