title: Structure and dynamics of metal ions in solution: QM/MM molecular dynamics simulations of Mn(2+) and V(2+).
abstract: Structural and dynamical properties of the transition metal ions V(2+) and Mn(2+) in aqueous solution, resulting from combined quantum mechanical (QM)/molecular mechanical (MM) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been compared. The necessity of polarization functions on the ligand's oxygen for a satisfactory description of such ions in aqueous solution is shown using V(2+) as test case. Radial distribution functions, coordination number distributions, and several angle distributions were pursued for a detailed structural comparison of the first hydration shells. Dynamical properties, such as the librational and vibrational motions of water molecules were evaluated by means of velocity autocorrelation functions. Approximative normal coordinate analyses were employed to calculate the rotational frequencies and vibrational motions around the three principal axes. The very low exchange rates for the first shell water exchanges only allow an investigation of the water exchange processes in the second shell, which take place within the picosecond range.
authors.affiliation: Department of Theoretical Chemistry Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Christian F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Schwenk
authors.forename: Hannes H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Loeffler
authors.forename: Bernd M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Rode
mesh_terms: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012996:Solutions; D014639:Vanadium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D012996:Solutions; D014639:Vanadium; D014867:Water; D008345:Manganese