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In this work, structures, and properties of Cu(2+) and CuCl(+) hydrates in the gas and aqueous phases have been investigated using the B3LYP method. Contact ion pair (CIP) and solvent-shared ion pair (SSIP) were both taken into account for CuCl(+) hydrates. Our calculations show that [Cu(H(2)O)(n)](2+) clusters favor a very open four-coordinated structure for n = 5-12 in the gas phase, while a five-coordinated conformer is favored for n > or = 8 in the aqueous phase. An approximate complete solvation shell of Cu(2+) in the aqueous phase needs more than 12 water molecules, while that of CuCl(+) in the aqueous phase needs only about eight water molecules. For [CuCl(H(2)O)(n)](+) clusters, the most stable structure is a four-coordinated CIP conformer for n = 4-7 in the gas phase and a five-coordinated CIP conformer for n = 8-10 in the aqueous phase. However, the five-coordinated CIP/h conformer (CIP conformer that the axial chloride atom tends to dissociate) of [CuCl(H(2)O)(n)](+) clusters becomes more favorable as n increases to 11. As the hydration process proceeds, the charges on the copper atom of [Cu(H(2)O)(n)](2+) clusters decrease, while those of [CuCl(H(2)O)(n)](+) clusters increase (probably due to the dissociation of Cl(-)). The d-d electron transition and partial charge transition band around 160 nm of the five-coordinated conformer of [Cu(H(2)O)(n)](2+) clusters and those bands (approximately 170 and approximately 160 nm) of SSIP or five-coordinated CIP/h conformers of [CuCl(H(2)O)(n)](+) clusters are coincident with the absorption of [Cu](2+)(aq) species (approximately 180 nm) resolved from the spectra obtained in trace CuCl(2) (ca. 10(-5) mol x kg(-1)) + LiCl (0-18 mol x kg(-1)) aqueous solution, while those of five-coordinated CIP conformers of [CuCl(H(2)O)(n)](+) clusters (n = 8 and 9) around 261 and 247 nm correspond to the absorption of [CuCl](+)(aq) species (approximately 250 nm). Our calculated electronic spectra indicate that the typical peak of copper(II)-chloride complexes changes from 180 to 250 nm, and 275 nm, as the process of Cl(-) coordination. For [Cu](2+)(aq), [CuCl](+)(aq), and [CuCl(2)](0)(aq) species, the central Cu(II) atom prefers five-coordination.

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Water activity in the ternary system LiCl–SrCl2–H2O and its sub-binary systems has been elaborately measured by the isopiestic method. The measured water activities were used to justify the reliability of solubility isotherms reported in literature by correlating them with two thermodynamic models, that is, the extended Pitzer model and the Pitzer–Simonson–Clegg model. It was found that the extended Pitzer model cannot correlate consistently the water activities measured and either set of the solubility isotherms reported in literature for this concerned system, no matter how its parameters were adjusted. However, the Pitzer–Simonson–Clegg model can correlate consistently our measured water activities and the solubility isotherms reported by the literature (Kydynov et al. Issled. Obl. Khim. Tekhnol. Miner. Solei Okislov 1965, 146–150), which should be more reliable than solubility data reported in other references.

In this work, the hydrates of copper dichloride in gas and aqueous phase have been investigated using the B3LYP method. Low-lying conformers of CuCl(2)(H(2)O)(n) clusters for n = 1-10 were obtained by an extensive conformation search. Contact ion pair (CIP) and solvent-shared ion pair (SSIP) with one dissociated chloride atom (SSIP/s) and SSIP with two dissociated chloride atoms (SSIP/d) all were considered. Our calculations present such a trend that a four-fold CIP conformer is more favorable for CuCl(2)(H(2)O)(n) cluster (n < or = 7) and four-fold SSIP/s for n = 8-10 in the gas phase, while in aqueous solution, more stable structures are five-fold SSIP/s conformer for n = 7-9 and four-fold CIP conformer for n = 2-6. Hydrogen bond (HB) plays an important role in the CuCl(2) solvation, especially HBs formed between the first and second solvation shell water molecules. Electronic absorption spectra of CuCl(2)(H(2)O)(n) clusters were obtained using long-range-corrected time-dependent density functional theory. The calculated electronic absorption peak around 270 nm of CIP conformers is coincident with the absorption of [CuCl(2)](0)(aq) species resolved from the spectra obtained in solutions of trace CuCl(2) (ca. 10(-5) mol/kg) + LiCl (0-18 m), while those of SSIP/s (approximately 250 nm) and SSIP/d (approximately 180 nm) conformers probably correspond to the absorption spectra of [CuCl](+)(aq) and [Cu](2+)(aq) species, respectively. Natural bond orbital charge population analyses show that charge transfer (CT) between a central copper(II) atom and ligands (Cl and H(2)O) increases as the hydrated cluster expands, especially CT from Cu(2+) to the first solvation shell, which enhances the strength of HBs. Such CT becomes more apparent for SSIP structure with the dissociation of chloride ion. OH stretching vibration frequencies of proton donor type water in CuCl(2)(H(2)O)(n) clusters are obviously red-shifted in comparison to those of water clusters, due to CT between the central atom Cu and ligands. SSIP conformers have apparent IR absorption peaks of OH stretching vibration at approximately 3000 cm(-1) for the effect of half-dissociated chloride atoms.

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