%0 Journal Article
%@ 0021-9606
%A Myshakin, EM
%A Jordan, KD
%A Robertson, WH
%A Weddle, GH
%A Johnson, MA
%D 2003
%F pittir:17997
%J Journal of Chemical Physics
%N 11
%P 4945 - 4953
%T Dominant structural motifs of NO<sup>-</sup>·(H<inf>2</inf>O)<inf>n</inf> complexes: Infrared spectroscopic and ab initio studies
%U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17997/
%V 118
%X Infrared spectra of the NO-·(H2O)n=1-5 clusters are obtained by argon predissociation spectroscopy. Thus, the spectrum of NO-·H2O revealed a free OH band and two intense red-shifted IHB bands, consistent with two asymmetric isomers with single H-bonded Cs structures. The NO- anion favors the formation of cyclic hydrates in contrast to O2-, which encourages more open hydration motifs.