Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING
Volume 24, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00894-018-3668-x
Keywords
Lability; Ammonia; Rubidium; Solvation; Simulation; QMCF; NBO
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- Minister of Research and Technology - Higher Education
- Austrian-Indonesian Center (AIC) for Computational Chemistry
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Rb(I) ion solvation in liquid ammonia has been studied by an ab initio quantum mechanical charge field molecular dynamics simulation, and the first solvation shell structure has been analyzed using natural bond orbital. The simulation was performed for an ion and 593 ammonia molecules in a box with a length of 29.03 angstrom corresponding to a liquid ammonia density of 0.69 g/mL at 235.16 K. The quantum mechanical calculation was carried out for atomic interactions in the radius of 6.4 angstrom from the ion using LANL2DZ ECP and DZP (Dunning) basis sets for Rb(I) ion and ammonia respectively. The trajectories of the simulation were analyzed in terms of radial, angular, and coordination number distribution functions, vibration, and mean residence time (MRT). Two solvation shell regions are observed for the Rb(I)-N as well as the Rb(I)-H. The maximum distance of Rb(I)-N in the first solvation shell is in accordance with experimental data where a coordination number of 8 is favorable. A non-single coordination number of the first and second shell indicates dynamic solvation structure. It is confirmed by frequent exchange ligand processes observed within a simulation time of 15 ps. The low stabilization energy of donor acceptor ion-ligand interaction with a small Wiberg bond index affirms that the Rb(I)-NH3 interaction is weak electrostatically.
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