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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE-THEOCHEM
Volume 956, Issue 1-3, Pages 103-109Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2010.07.003
Keywords
Quantum cluster equilibrium theory; MP2 calculations; Heat capacity; Entropy; Structure; Liquid methanol
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- Wissenschaftlich-technische Zusammen-arbeit Osterreich - Ungarn [HU 4/2009, AT-23/2008]
- Science, Please! Research Team on Innovation [SROP-4.2.2./08/1/2008-0011]
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The quantum cluster equilibrium (QCE) theory was applied for liquid methanol using MP2(fc)/6-31+G(d,p) cluster geometries and MP2/6-311++G(d,p) energies. Three approaches for the determination of the empirical parameters inherent in the QCE model, a(mf) and b(xv), were considered, while the molar volumes of both the liquid and the vapor were obtained from experiment. Model 1, in which a(mf) and b(xv) were optimized for the vapor and liquid phase, respectively, gave the best results for thermochemical parameters (constant pressure heat capacity C and entropy S) of methanol, especially for the liquid state. in line with Pauling's suggestions concerning the structure of liquid methanol, cyclic hexamers cyclo-(MeOH)(6) are the dominant species, even near the boiling point (similar to 50%) increasing to similar to 90% at the freezing temperature. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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