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Coordination complexes of 4-methylimidazole with Zn-II and Cu-II in gas phase and in water: a DFT study

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A quantum chemistry study of mononuclear metal coordination with four 4-methylimidazole ligands (4-MeIm) was investigated. The four complexes [Cu(4-MeIm)(4)](2+), [Cu(4-MeIm)(4), H2O](2+), [Zn(4-MeIm)(4)](2+) and [Zn(4-MeIm)(4), H2O](2+) were studied with particular attention to the N pi or N tau possible coordinations of the 4-MeIm ring with the metals, using different DFT methods. The results suggest that the N tau coordination of 4-MeIm ring to Zn-II or Cu-II is more favorable whatever the level of calculation. In contrast, the addition of one water molecule in the first coordination sphere of the metal ions provides five-coordinated complexes showing no N pi or N tau preferences. There is good agreement between the DFT-calculated structure and those available experimentally. When metal ions are four-fold coordinated, they adopt a tetrahedral geometry. When Cu-II and Zn-II are five-fold coordinated, highly symmetric structures or intermediate structures are calculated. Similar energies are calculated for different structures, suggesting flat potential energy surfaces. The addition of implicit solvent modifies the calculated first coordination sphere, especially for [Cu(4-MeIm)(4), H2O](2+) structures. The QTAIM and ELF topological analyses of the interaction between Cu-II and the neutral ligands, clearly indicate a dative bonding with a strong ionic character.
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hal-01936043 , version 1 (27-11-2018)

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Malek Boukallaba, Boutheïna Kerkeni, Christine Lepetit, Dorothée Berthomieu. Coordination complexes of 4-methylimidazole with Zn-II and Cu-II in gas phase and in water: a DFT study. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2016, 22 (12), pp.301. ⟨10.1007/s00894-016-3167-x⟩. ⟨hal-01936043⟩
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