摘要
We reported a quantum mechanical study of the complexes formed between Sm3＋ and the bisphosphonate ligand pamidronate in aqueous solution. According to available experimental p K a values pamidronate was expected to exist in aqueous solution, at physiologically relevant p H, in its di- and tri-protonated forms（denoted by H3 L and H2L）. The most stable structures of the ligands and Sm3＋ complexes were found by using a detailed analysis of the conformational space with semiempirical and DFT methods. The results showed that both H2 L and H3 L bisphosphonates acted as a tridentate ligands in their complexes with Sm3＋. The addition of explicit water molecules to the coordination sphere of the metal not only gave different coordination numbers for H2 L and H3 L complexes（CN=9 and 10）, but also provided different trends in stabilization energies. The results highlighted the importance of considering not only an explicit first coordination shell, but also a second hydration shell, for an adequate description of this type of complexes in aqueous solution.
We reported a quantum mechanical study of the complexes formed between Sm3＋ and the bisphosphonate ligand pamidronate in aqueous solution. According to available experimental p K a values pamidronate was expected to exist in aqueous solution, at physiologically relevant p H, in its di- and tri-protonated forms（denoted by H3 L and H2L）. The most stable structures of the ligands and Sm3＋ complexes were found by using a detailed analysis of the conformational space with semiempirical and DFT methods. The results showed that both H2 L and H3 L bisphosphonates acted as a tridentate ligands in their complexes with Sm3＋. The addition of explicit water molecules to the coordination sphere of the metal not only gave different coordination numbers for H2 L and H3 L complexes（CN=9 and 10）, but also provided different trends in stabilization energies. The results highlighted the importance of considering not only an explicit first coordination shell, but also a second hydration shell, for an adequate description of this type of complexes in aqueous solution.
