Multiple Ensembles of the Hydrogen‐bonded Network in Ethylammonium Nitrate versus Water from Vibrational Spectral Dynamics of SCN − Probe

Biswas, Aritri and Mallik, Bhabani Shankar (2022) Multiple Ensembles of the Hydrogen‐bonded Network in Ethylammonium Nitrate versus Water from Vibrational Spectral Dynamics of SCN − Probe. ChemPhysChem. ISSN 1439-4235

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Abstract

We performed classical molecular dynamics simulations to monitor the structural interactions and ultrafast dynamical and spectral response in the protic ionic liquid, ethylammonium nitrate (EAN) and water using the nitrile stretching mode of thiocyanate ion (SCN−) as the vibrational probe. The normalized frequency distribution of the nitrile stretch in SCN− attains an asymmetric shape in EAN, indicating the existence of more than one hydrogen-bonding environment in EAN. Further, we computed the 2D IR spectrum from classical trajectories, applying the response function formalism. Spectral diffusion dynamics in EAN undergo an initial rattling of the SCN− inside the local ion-cage occurring at a timescale of 0.10 ps, followed by the breakup of the ion-cage activating molecular diffusion at 7.86 ps timescale. In contrast, the dynamics of structural reorganization occur at a timescale of 0.58 ps in H2O. Hence, the time dependence of the frequency-frequency correlation function decay hints at the local molecular structure and ultrafast ion dynamics of the SCN− probe. The loss of frequency correlation read from the peak shape changes in the 2D correlation spectrum as a function of waiting time is faster in H2O than in EAN due to the enhanced structural ordering and higher viscosity of the latter. We provide an atomic-level interpretation of the solvation environment around SCN− in EAN and water, which indicates multiple ensembles of the hydrogen bond network in EAN. © 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH.

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Mallik, Bhabani Shankarhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9657-1497
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ionic liquids; molecular dynamics; reorientation anisotropy; spectral diffusion; vibrational probes
Subjects: Chemistry
Divisions: Department of Chemistry
Depositing User: . LibTrainee 2021
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2022 10:27
Last Modified: 27 Sep 2022 10:27
URI: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/10722
Publisher URL: http://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202200497
OA policy: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/1588
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