Relationship between the Physicochemical Properties of Electrolytes and the Electronic Structure of Solvated Alkali Metal Cations

Abstract

Group theoretical analysis and linear combinations of molecular orbitals of the cation and solvent are used to establish the nature and stability of bonds and hence the electric mobility of the cation and the viscosity of the electrolyte depending on the type of cation (Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+) and molecules (H2O, NH3, H2CO, (CH3)2CO, CH3CN). Solvation effects on the UV photoelectron and intramolecular vibrational IR and NMR spectra are revealed.