Spectroscopic evidence for intact carbonic acid stabilized by halide anions in the gas phase

• Published in: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
• Main Authors: Zhang, Hanhui, Cao, Wenjin, Yuan, Qinqin, Wang, Lei, Zhou, Xiaoguo, Liu, Shilin, Wang, Xue-Bin
• Other Authors: National Natural Science Foundation of China, U.S. Department of Energy, National Basic Research Program of China
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2020
• Subjects: Carbonic acid
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cp02338h; http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2020/CP/D0CP02338H

The whole series of halide anions can stabilize elusive carbonic acid in the gas phase through dual hydrogen bonds.