A gold cyano complex in nitromethane: MD simulation and X-ray diffraction

作者：Probst Michael^*; Injan Natcha; Megyes Tuende; Bako Imre; Balint Szabolcz; Limtrakul Jumras; Nazmutdinov Renat; Mitev Pavlin D; Hermansson Kersti

来源：Chemical Physics Letters, 2012, 539: 24-29.

DOI：10.1016/j.cplett.2012.04.044

The solvation structure around the dicyanoaurate(I) anion (Au(CN)(2)) in a dilute nitromethane (CH3NO2) solution is presented from X-ray diffraction measurements and molecular dynamics simulation (NVT ensemble, 460 nitromethane molecules at room temperature). The simulations are based on a new solute-solvent force-field fitted to a training set of quantum-chemically derived interaction energies. Radial distribution functions from experiment and simulation are in good agreement. The solvation structure has been further elucidated from MD data. Several shells can be identified. We obtain a solvation number of 13-17 nitromethane molecules with a strong preference to be oriented with their methyl groups towards the solute.

• 出版日期2012-6-29