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Gas-Phase Reactions of hydrated alkaline earth metal ions, M2+(H2O) n (M = Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and n = 4–7), with benzene

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Gas-phase reactions of hydrated divalent alkaline earth metal ions and benzene were investigated by electrospray ionization Fourier-transform mass spectrometry. Rate constants for solvent-exchange reactions were determined as a function of hydration extent for Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+ clusters containing four to seven water molecules each. All of the strontium and barium clusters react quickly with benzene. Barium reacts slightly faster than the corresponding strontium cluster with the same number of water molecules attached. For calcium, clusters with four and five water molecules react quickly, whereas those with six and seven water molecules do not. Magnesium with four water molecules reacts quickly, but not when five through seven water molecules are attached. The slow reactivity observed for some of these clusters indicates that the cation—π interaction between the metal ion and benzene is partially screened by the surrounding water molecules. The reactivity of magnesium with seven water molecules is intermediate that of the hexa- and pentahydrate and the tetrahydrate. This result is consistent with the seventh water molecule being in the outer shell and much more weakly bound. The unusual trend in reactivity observed for magnesium may be due to the presence of mixed shell structures observed previously. These results are the first to provide information about the relative importance of cation—π interactions in divalent metal ions as a function of metal hydration extent. Such studies should also provide a model and some insight into the relative binding affinities of divalent metal ions to aromatic residues on peptides and proteins.

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Rodriguez-Cruz, S.E., Williams, E.R. Gas-Phase Reactions of hydrated alkaline earth metal ions, M2+(H2O) n (M = Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and n = 4–7), with benzene. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 12, 250–257 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1044-0305(00)00224-5

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