Molecular theories and simulation of ions and polar molecules in water

Details Molecular theories and simulation of ions and polar molecules in water Molecular theories and simulation of ions and polar molecules in water

1998-06-16

arxiv.org/abs/physics/9806023v2

J. Phys. Chem. A 102, 7885 (1998)

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Chemical Physics

invited J. Phys. Chem. feature article, 30 pages including 10 figures, minor stylistic revisions

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Recent developments in molecular theories and simulation of ions and polar molecules in water are reviewed. The hydration of imidazole and imidazolium solutes is used to exemplify the theoretical issues. The treatment of long-ranged electrostatic interactions in simulations is discussed extensively. It is argued that the Ewald approach is an easy way to get correct hydration free energies in the thermodynamic limit from molecular calculations; and that molecular simulations with Ewald interactions and periodic boundary conditions can also be more efficient than many common alternatives. The Ewald treatment permits a conclusive extrapolation to infinite system size. The picture that emerges from testing of simple models is that the most prominent failings of the simplest theories are associated with solvent proton conformations that lead to non-gaussian fluctuations of electrostatic potentials. Thus, the most favorable cases for the second-order perturbation theories are monoatomic positive ions. For polar and anionic solutes, continuum or gaussian theories are less accurate. The appreciation of the specific deficiencies of those simple models have led to new concepts, multistate gaussian and quasi-chemical theories, that address the cases for which the simpler theories fail. It is argued that, relative to direct dielectric continuum treatments, the quasi-chemical theories provide a better theoretical organization for the computational study of the electronic structure of solution species.

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