Two combined quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, namely B3LYP/MM and MP2/MM, have been performed to investigate the possible influence of electron correlation on the structure and dynamics of the H(3)O(+) hydrate. In comparison to the previously published HF/MM results, both B3LYP/MM and MP2/MM simulations clearly reveal stronger H(3)O(+)-water hydrogen bond interactions, which are reflected in a slightly greater compactness of the H(3)O(+) hydrate. However, the B3LYP/MM simulation, although providing structural details very close to the MP2/MM data, shows an artificially slow dynamic nature of some first shell water molecules as a consequence of the formation of a long-lived H(3)O(+)···H(2)O hydrogen bonding structure.
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