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Water Clusters in Interaction with Corannulene in a Rare Gas Matrix: Structures, Stability and IR Spectra

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The interaction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with water is of paramount importance in atmospheric and astrophysical contexts. We report here a combined theoretical and experimental study of corannulene-water interactions in low temperature matrices and of the matrix’s influence on the photoreactivity of corannulene with water. The theoretical study was performed using a mixed density functional based tight binding/force field approach to describe the corannulene-water clusters trapped in an argon matrix, together with Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics to determine finite-temperature IR spectra. The results are discussed in the light of experimental matrix isolation FTIR spectroscopic data. We show that in the solid phase, π isomers of (C20H10)(H2O)n, with n = 2 or 3, are energetically favored. These π complexes are characterized by small shifts in corannulene vibrational modes and large shifts in water bands. These π structures, particularly stable in the case of the water trimer where the water cluster is trapped “inside” the corannulene bowl, may account for the difference in photoreactivity of non-planar–compared to planar–PAHs with water. Indeed, planar PAHs such as pyrene and coronene embedded in H2O:Ar matrices form σ isomers and react with water to form alcohols and quinones under low energy UV irradiation, whereas no photoreactivity was observed for corannulene under the same experimental conditions.
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Héloïse Leboucher, Joëlle Mascetti, Christian Aupetit, Jennifer Noble, Aude Simon. Water Clusters in Interaction with Corannulene in a Rare Gas Matrix: Structures, Stability and IR Spectra. Photochem, 2022, 2 (2), pp.237-262. ⟨10.3390/photochem2020018⟩. ⟨hal-03689280⟩
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