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. 2012 Feb 29;136(8):084109. doi: 10.1063/1.3688228

Table 2.

LEWIS fit to monomer and dimer features. rOH and rHH denote covalent bond lengths, θHOH the HOH bond angle, and PA the proton affinity. All reference values are experimental, except for the O-O distance of the deprotonated dimer, which is taken from a quantum mechanical calculation.

Molecule Feature Unit Model Reference
H2O rOH Å 0.94 0.9581
  θHOH deg 104.7 104.41
  PA kJ/mol 617.8 691.02
H3O+ rOH Å 0.96 0.9763
  θHOH deg 109.2 111.33
OH rOH Å 1.01 0.9644
  PA kJ/mol 1671.2 1635.15
H2 rHH Å 0.66 0.7416
H PA kJ/mol 1667.3 1675.37
(H2O)2 rOO Å 2.85 2.9768
  θdonor deg −53.4 −51.08
  θacceptor deg 41.3 57.08
H5O2+ rOO Å 2.38 2.409
H3O2 rOO Å 2.38 2.4710
1

Reference 80.

2

Reference 81.

3

Reference 82.

4

Reference 83.

5

Reference 84.

6

Reference 85.

7

Reference 86.

8

Reference 87.

9

Reference 88.

10

Reference 41.