3D-RISM-MP2 Approach to Hydration Structure of Pt(II) and Pd(II) Complexes: Unusual H‑Ahead Mode vs Usual O‑Ahead One Shinji Aono Toshifumi Mori Shigeyoshi Sakaki 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b01137.s001 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/3D_RISM_MP2_Approach_to_Hydration_Structure_of_Pt_II_and_Pd_II_Complexes_Unusual_H_Ahead_Mode_vs_Usual_O_Ahead_One/2823544 Solvation of transition metal complexes with water has been one of the fundamental topics in physical and coordination chemistry. In particular, Pt­(II) complexes have recently attracted considerable interest for their relation to anticancer activity in cisplatin and its analogues, yet the interaction of the water molecule and the metal center has been obscured. The challenge from a theoretical perspective remains that both the microscopic solvation effect and the dynamical electron correlation (DEC) effect have to be treated simultaneously in a reasonable manner. In this work we derive the analytical gradient for the three-dimensional reference interaction site model Møller–Plesset second order (3D-RISM-MP2) free energy. On the basis of the three-regions 3D-RISM self-consistent field (SCF) method recently proposed by us, we apply a new layer of the Z-vector method to the CP-RISM equation as well as point-charge approximation to the derivatives with respect to the density matrix elements in the RISM-CPHF equation to remarkably reduce the computational cost. This method is applied to study the interaction of H<sub>2</sub>O with the d<sup>8</sup> square planar transition metal complexes in aqueous solution, trans-[Pt<sup>II</sup>Cl<sub>2</sub>(NH<sub>3</sub>)­(glycine)] (<b>1a</b>), [Pt<sup>II</sup>(NH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>]<sup>2+</sup> (<b>1b</b>), [Pt<sup>II</sup>(CN)<sub>4</sub>]<sup>2–</sup> (<b>1c</b>), and their Pd­(II) analogues <b>2a</b>, <b>2b</b>, and <b>2c</b>, respectively, to elucidate whether the usual H<sub>2</sub>O interaction through O atom (O-ahead mode) or unusual one through H atom (H-ahead mode) is stable in these complexes. We find that the interaction energy of the coordinating water and the transition metal complex changes little when switching from gas to aqueous phase, but the solvation free energy differs remarkably between the two interaction modes, thereby affecting the relative stability of the H-ahead and O-ahead modes. Particularly, in contrast to the expectation that the O-ahead mode is preferred due to the presence of positive charges in <b>1b</b>, the H-ahead mode is also found to be more stable. The O-ahead mode is found to be more stable than the H-ahead one only in <b>2b</b>. The energy decomposition analysis (EDA) at the 3D-RISM-MP2 level revealed that the O-ahead mode is stabilized by the electrostatic (ES) interaction, whereas the H-ahead one is mainly stabilized by the DEC effect. The ES interaction is also responsible for the difference between the Pd­(II) and Pt­(II) complexes; because the electrostatic potential is more negative along the <i>z</i>-axis in the Pt­(II) complex than in the Pd­(II) one, the O-ahead mode prefers the Pd­(II) complexes, whereas the H-ahead becomes predominant in the Pt­(II) complexes. 2016-02-10 00:00:00 2 b Pt density matrix elements Pd DEC SCF H 2O interaction reference interaction site model M øller ES EDA energy decomposition analysis transition metal complexes