Molecular orbital analysis of the hydrogen bonded water dimer. 2016

Bo Wang, and Wanrun Jiang, and Xin Dai, and Yang Gao, and Zhigang Wang, and Rui-Qin Zhang
Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.

As an essential interaction in nature, hydrogen bonding plays a crucial role in many material formations and biological processes, requiring deeper understanding. Here, using density functional theory and post-Hartree-Fock methods, we reveal two hydrogen bonding molecular orbitals crossing the hydrogen-bond's O and H atoms in the water dimer. Energy decomposition analysis also shows a non-negligible contribution of the induction term. Our finding sheds light on the essential understanding of hydrogen bonding in ice, liquid water, functional materials and biological systems.

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