Local and solvation pressures in aqueous solutions of ethylenediamine probed by Raman spectroscopy

Raman spectra of 1,2-ethylenediamine (EDA) in aqueous solutions are used to demonstrate that EDA molecules experience an anti–gauche conformational change resulting from the interactions with water. The observed Raman shift reveals a compressive (hydrophobic) effect of water on both methylene and am...

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Autores: Cáceres Alonso, María Mercedes, Lobato Fernández, Álvaro, Mendoza, Nubia, Jimenez Bonales, Laura, García Baonza, Valentín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/92321
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/92321
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:544
Raman spectroscopy
Intermolecular interactions
Conformational change
Local pressure
Cohesion energy density
Química física (Química)
2307 Química Física
2301.17 Espectroscopia Raman
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Sumario:Raman spectra of 1,2-ethylenediamine (EDA) in aqueous solutions are used to demonstrate that EDA molecules experience an anti–gauche conformational change resulting from the interactions with water. The observed Raman shift reveals a compressive (hydrophobic) effect of water on both methylene and amino groups of EDA. Raman spectra of EDA at high pressures are used as reference to quantify the intermolecular EDA–H2O interactions in terms of local pressures. These results are compared with macroscopic solvation pressures calculated from the cohesive energy parameter. We compare and discuss all our observations with available computational and experimental studies.