Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.112, No.25, 7506-7514, 2008
Influence of ions on the structural organization of dipolar liquids probed by the noncoincidence effect: Experimental and quantum chemical results
The C=O stretching [nu(C=O)] Raman bands of the carbonyl solvents, S (acetone and acetophenone), in some electrolytic solutions of lithium and sodium salts (M+X-) are analyzed. The large and negative values of the noncoincidence effect (NCE =(nu) over tilde (ani) - (nu) over tilde (iso)) measured for the component of this band generated by the solvent-ion interactions are interpreted in the light of the results of ab initio quantum chemical calculations performed for clusters of type (S)(n)M+ and also on the basis of the transition dipole coupling mechanism between pairs of nu(C=O) oscillators. The effects of the size of the ion M+ and of the solvation number n on the NCE are analyzed. It is shown that the decrease of the NCE resulting from the change in the size of the ion M+ from Li+ to Na+ is appreciably counterbalanced by the increase of the NCE arising form the change in the ion solvation number n from 4 for Li+ to 6 for Na+.