Structure and Dynamics of Ferrocyanide and Ferricyanide Anions in Water and Heavy Water: An Insight by MD Simulations and 2D IR Spectroscopy

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• 作者：Giacomo Prampolini ; Pengyun Yu ; Silvia Pizzanelli ; Ivo Cacelli ; Fan Yang ; Juan Zhao ; Jianping Wang
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry B
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：December 26, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：118
• 期：51
• 页码：14899-14912
• 全文大小：673K
• ISSN：1520-5207

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Combined computational and experimental techniques were employed to investigate at the microscopic level the structural and dynamic properties of ferro- and ferricyanide ions in aqueous solution. The characterization of the structural patterns and multiscale dynamics taking place within the first solvation spheres in water and heavy water solvents was first achieved through extensive molecular dynamics simulations, performed with refined force fields, specifically parametrized for the cyanide ions under investigation. The information gained about the solute鈥搒olvent interactions is then validated through the successful comparison of computed and measured waiting-time-dependent 2D IR spectra. The vibrational patterns resulting from 2D IR measurements were rationalized in terms of the interaction between the ion and the neighboring water molecules described by simulation. It was found that, within the first solvation sphere, the stronger interactions of the solvent with the ferro species are responsible for a delay in the relaxation dynamics, which becomes more and more evident on longer time scales.