The bifunctional catalytic role of water clusters in the formation of acid rain

Eduardo Romero-Montalvo; José Manuel Guevara-Vela; Wilmer Esteban Vallejo Narváez; Aurora Costales; Ángel Martín Pendás; Marcos Hernández-Rodríguez; Tomás Rocha-Rinza

doi:10.1039/c6cc09616f

The bifunctional catalytic role of water clusters in the formation of acid rain

Eduardo Romero-Montalvo
, José Manuel Guevara-Vela
, Wilmer Esteban Vallejo Narváez
, Aurora Costales
, Ángel Martín Pendás
, Marcos Hernández-Rodríguez
, Tomás Rocha-Rinza^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

State-of-the-art chemical bonding analyses show that water clusters have a bifunctional catalytic role in the formation of H₂SO₄ in acid rain. The embedded H₂O monomers mitigate the change in the chemical bonding scenario of the rate-limiting step, reducing thereby the corresponding activation energy in accordance with Hammond's postulate. We expect that the insights given herein will prove useful in the elucidation of the catalytic mechanisms of water in inorganic and organic aqueous chemistry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3516-3519
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	53
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc09616f
Publication status	Published - 28 Mar 2017

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Catalysis
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Ceramics and Composites
General Chemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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