1 Specific ion interactions with aromatic rings in aqueous solutions: Comparison of molecular dynamics simulations with a thermodynamic solute partitioning model and Raman hydration shell spectroscopy Jordan C. Vincent, a Sarah M. Matt, b Blake M. Rankin, b Raffaella D’Auria, a,c J. Alfredo Freites, a Dor Ben-Amotz, b Douglas J. Tobias a,* a Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025 USA b Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 USA c Current address: Institute for Digital Research and Education, University of California, Los Angeles 90095 USA * Corresponding author. Address: Department of Chemistry, 1102 Natural Sciences 2, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, USA. Tel.: +1 (949) 824 4295. Fax: +1 (949) 824 9920. E-mail address: dtobias@uci.edu (D. J. Tobias) Keywords: Hofmeister series, specific ion effects, molecular dynamics simulations, solute partitioning model, Raman hydration shell spectroscopy © 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the Elsevier user license http://www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/