A Quantum Chemical and Molecular Dynamics Study of the Coordination of Cm(III) in Water
Author(s) -
Daniel P. Hagberg,
Eugeniusz Bednarz,
Norman M. Edelstein,
Laura Gagliardi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of the american chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.115
H-Index - 612
eISSN - 1520-5126
pISSN - 0002-7863
DOI - 10.1021/ja075489b
Subject(s) - chemistry , coordination number , coordination sphere , intermolecular force , molecule , molecular dynamics , quantum chemical , ab initio , ion , coordination complex , chemical physics , computational chemistry , crystallography , metal , organic chemistry
Molecular dynamics simulations of Cm(III) in water were performed at two different temperatures, namely, T = 300 K and T = 473 K. Fully ab initio intermolecular potentials were employed. At the lower temperature, T = 300 K, nine water molecules coordinate preferentially the Cm(III) ion in the first coordination sphere, while at the higher temperature, T = 473 K, the preferential coordination number is eight instead of nine. The number of water molecules in the second coordination sphere is not uniquely defined, but the most probable number is 16
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