ISSN:
0947-6539
Keywords:
computer simulations
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high-pressure chemistry
;
lanthanide complexes
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ligand exchange
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mechanistic studies
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Chemistry
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General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
We studied the microscopic mechanisms of the water exchange reaction between the hydration shells of lanthanide(III) ions (Ln = Nd, Sm, Yb) and bulk water by means of molecular dynamics simulations. In contrast to the residence time of a water molecule in the first hydration shell (τres (1st shell) = 1577, 170 and 410 ps for Nd3+, Sm3+ and Yb3+, respectively), that in the second hydration shell is nearly independent of the type of the cation and amounts to 12-18 ps. Along the lanthanide series a change in the coordination number from 9 to 8 is coupled to a changeover in the water exchange mechanism. The observed water exchange events on the [Nd(H2O)9]3+ aqua ion follow a dissociatively activated Id mechanism via an eightfold-coordinated transition state of square antiprismatic geometry. The lifetime of the transitory square antiprism varies between virtually 0 and 10 ps. The assignment of an Id mechanism (instead of a limiting D mechanism) is supported by the existence of a preferential arrangement between the exchanging water molecules (1800) and by the fact that the calculated average activation volume ΔV≠ = + 4.5 cm3 mol-1 is clearly smaller than the estimated activation volume ΔV≠lim ≈ΔV0 = + 7.2 cm3 mol-1 for a limiting D process. In the case of Sm3+ a ninth water molecule exchanges frequently between the first hydration shell and the bulk and maintains the coordination equilibrium between a [Sm(H2O)8]3+ and a [Sm(H2O)9]3+ aqua ion. The resulting trajectory pattern of incoming and leaving water molecules is an alternation of elimination and addition reactions and cannot be classified into the scheme of D, I or A mechanisms for substitution processes. The reaction volume ΔV0 for the coordination equilibrium [Sm(H2O)8]3+ + H2O → [Sm(H2O)9]3+ can be evaluated consistently both by a thermodynamic and a geometric approach. The observed exchange events for [Yb(H2O)8]3+ exhibit the characteristics of an Ia mechanism. The water exchange takes place via a transition-state geometry close to that of a tricapped trigonal prism and involves a slightly negative activation volume.
Additional Material:
13 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.19960020309
