Hydration behavior of protic ionic pair of methyl ammonium formate: A comparative molecular dynamics simulation study with their conjugate neutral forms

Reddy, Th. Dhileep N. and Mallik, Bhabani Shankar (2020) Hydration behavior of protic ionic pair of methyl ammonium formate: A comparative molecular dynamics simulation study with their conjugate neutral forms. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1172 (11266). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2210-271X

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Abstract

The structure and dynamics of methylammonium formate (MAF), methylamine (MA) and formic acid (FOR) in aqueous solution were investigated by employing classical molecular dynamics simulations. We explored the fundamental difference between charged and their corresponding conjugate neutral forms towards interactions with water molecules. Structural properties were investigated by calculating radial distribution functions, spatial distribution functions, and combined distribution functions. These properties reveal that water molecules approach the solutes in a specific direction. The hydrogen bonds formed by ionic species are stronger as compared to the neutral molecules. MA interacts through its nitrogen atom mainly whereas MAM interacts through its acidic hydrogen atoms. Dynamic properties were investigated by continuous and forward hydrogen bond lifetimes of all possible pairs as well as residence times calculated from respective autocorrelation functions. Dynamics become slow in ionic environments and profound differences in dynamics are found in case of concentrated solutions as compared to dilute solutions. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.

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Mallik, Bhabani Shankar	http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9657-1497

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Article

Additional Information:

The financial support for this work was provided by the Department of Science and Technology, India ( EEQ/2018/000494 ). Th. Dhileep N. Reddy likes to thank UGC, India for his PhD fellowship. Appendix A

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Aqueous solution; Formic acid; Hydrogen bond dynamics; Methylamine; Methylammonium formate; Residence dynamics; Solvation

Subjects:

Chemistry

Divisions:

Department of Chemistry

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. LibTrainee 2021

Date Deposited:

07 Nov 2022 11:59

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23 Nov 2022 10:36