Article: Solvation and electronic structures of [M.sup.+][L.sub.n], with [M.sup.+] = [Mg.sup.+] and [Ca.sup.+], L = [H.sub.2]O, C[H.sub.3]OH, and N[H.sub.3], and n = 1-6 (1).(Report)

Abstract: The solvation clusters [M.sup.+][(L).sub.n], with a singly charged alkaline earth cation [Mg.sup.+] or [Ca.sup.+] as the solute and with water, methanol, or ammonia as the solvent, are studied systematically in the size range n = 1-6, to compare the variations in the solvation interactions. For clusters with n [less than or equal to] 3, the energies and structural values are compared in details, with both the MP2 and B3LYP methods. For clusters with n [greater than or equal to] 4, the solute-solvent and solvent-solvent interaction energies are calculated to explain the relative stability among various isomeric structures, and the contrast in both solvent and ...

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