Thermodynamics of hydronium and hydroxide surface solvation

Thermodynamics of hydronium and hydroxide surface solvation - Supporting information

On the recombination of hydronium and hydroxide ions in water.

The recombination of hydronium and hydroxide ions following water ionization is one of the most fundamental processes determining the pH of water. The neutralization step once the solvated ions are in close proximity is phenomenologically understood to be fast, but the molecular mechanism has not been directly probed by experiments. We elucidate the mechanism of recombination in liquid water wi...

Unique hydrogen-bonded complex of hydronium and hydroxide ions.

H3 O(+) and OH(-) , formed by the self-ionization of two coordinating water molecules during the crystal growing of a host molecule [1,3,5-tris(hydroxymethyl)2,4,6-triethylbenzene (1)], could be effectively stabilized by hydrogen-bonding interactions with the preorganized hydroxy groups of three molecules of 1. The binding motifs observed in the complex (1)3 ⋅H3 O(+) ⋅HO(-) show remarkable simi...

Ab initio studies of ionization potentials of hydrated hydroxide and hydronium.

The ionization potential distributions of hydrated hydroxide and hydronium are computed with the many-body approach for electron excitations with configurations generated by ab initio molecular dynamics. The experimental features are well reproduced and found to be closely related to the molecular excitations. In the stable configurations, the ionization potential is mainly perturbed by solvent...

Hydronium and hydroxide at the interface between water and hydrophobic media.

The behavior of hydronium and hydroxide ions at the water/alkane, water/vapor, and water/rigid wall interfaces was investigated by means of molecular dynamics simulations. All these interfaces exhibit a strong affinity for hydronium, which is in agreement with spectroscopic and low pH zeta-potential measurements. Except for the water/rigid wall interface, which strongly structures water and wea...