Affiliation: | aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2 bDepartment of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1Z2 cGraduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga Park, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan |
Abstract: | DFT calculations for M@C12H12N6 and M@C12H24O6 (where M = Rb+, Cs+, Sr2+, and Ba2+, C12H12N6 = hexaaza[18]annulene, and C12H24O6 = 18-crown-6) were performed using the recently developed model core potential parametrization. Results show that the ions bind more strongly to C12H12N6 than to 18-crown-6 moiety; the difference is more pronounced for cations with smaller radii. |