Second Coordination Sphere Water Molecul
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Mauro Botta
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Dipolar interaction between the metal ion and proximate water molecules represents an efficient mechanism for solvent relaxation in Gd 3+ complexes currently employed as MRI contrast agents. Besides inner sphere (metal bound) and outer sphere hydration molecules, a well-defined second coordination s