INFRARED AND EPR SPECTRA OF MATRIX ISOLATED ALKALI METAL WATER COMPLEXES

Abstract

$^{1}$ J.P. Goldsborough and T.R. Koehler, Phys. Rev. A135, 133 (1964).Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Rice UniversityAll of the alkali metals are shown to form a weakly bonded complex with water. For lithium a di-water complex has been identified via EPR spectra. Previously published EPR $spectra^{1}$ of the alkali metals in unusual matrix sites have been reinterpreted as due to a water complex. All spectral evidence suggests the water is hydrogen bonded to the metal through equivalent hydrogens. Infrared and EPR spectra of the complexes will be presented