Abstract
We report a QM augmented QM/MM study on the coordination of the tetrahydroxouranylate ion in aqueous solution. QM/MM geometry optimizations followed by full QM single-point calculations on the optimized structures show that a hexa-coordinated structure is more stable than the hepta-coordinated structure by 43 kJ/mol. Charge transfer of the tetrahydroxouranylate to the solvating water molecules is relatively modest, and can be modeled by including a solvation layer consisting of 12 explicit water molecules. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1156-1162 |
| Journal | Journal of Computational Chemistry |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2006 |