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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 111, Issue 51, Pages 14271-14278Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp076233v
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Molecular dynamics simulations of CaCl2 solutions in water and methanol-water mixtures, with methanol concentrations of 5, 10, 50, and 90 mol %, at room temperature, have been performed. The methanol and water molecules have been modeled as flexible three-site bodies. Solvation of the calcium ions has been discussed on the basis of the radial and angular distribution functions, the orientation of the solvent molecules, and their geometrical arrangement in the coordination shells. Analysis of the H-bonds of the solvent molecules coordinated by Ca2+ has been done. Residence time of the solvent molecules in the coordination shell has been calculated. The preferential hydration of the calcium ions has been found over the whole range of the mixture composition. The water concentration in the first and second coordination shells of Ca2+ significantly exceeds the water content in the solution, despite the very similar interaction energy of the calcium ion with water and methanol. In aqueous solution and methanol-water mixtures, the first coordination shell of Ca2+ is irregular and long-living. The solvent molecules prefer the antidipole arrangement, but, in aqueous solutions and water-rich mixtures, the water molecules in the primary shell have only one H-bonded neighbor.
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