Role of Explicit Hydration in Predicting the Aqueous Standard Reduction Potential of Sulfate Radical Anion by DFT and Insight into the Influence of pH on the Reduction Potential.
J Phys Chem A
; 126(8): 1422-1428, 2022 Mar 03.
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ABSTRACT
Sulfate radical anion (SO4â¢-) is a potent oxidant capable of destroying recalcitrant environmental contaminants such as perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids. In addition, it is thought to participate in important atmospheric reactions. Its standard reduction potential (E°) is fundamental to its reactivity. Using theoretical methods to accurately predict the aqueous phase E° requires solvation with explicit water molecules. Herein, using density functional theory, we calculated the aqueous E° of SO4â¢- and evaluated sensitivity to explicit water count. The E° increased considerably with more waters until ca. 24 were included, after which change in E° was small. When a proton was added to these systems, the E° was similar regardless of the explicit water count and this value was similar to the E° for systems with a large number of explicit waters but no proton. This result agrees with literature evidence that the E° is pH independent. Natural Bond Orbital natural population analysis indicated that in the case of both SO42- and SO4â¢-, considerable charge was donated from the SO4 center to the explicit solvation shells.
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