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. 2021 Jul 19;60(15):11530–11547. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01550

Table 4. Electronic and Gibbs Free Energies (in the Gas Phase and in Water) for the DO4S and DO3S Complexes of Cu2+ and Cu+a.

      gas phase
water
M ligand coordination ΔE ΔG ΔE ΔG
Cu2+ DO4S [4N] –412.4 –399.4 –192.7 –179.7
    [4N,S] –417.4 –404.2 –190.9 –177.7
    [4N,2S] –410.1 –396.6 –179.8 –166.2
  DO3S [4N] –411.4 –399.5 –196.6 –184.8
    [4N,S] –418.1 –403.8 –197.4 –183.1
    [4N,2S] –411.2 –395.5 –185.9 –170.3
Cu+ DO4S [4N] –117.3 –104.7 –60.6 –48.0
    [4N,S] –128.3 –115.4 –68.9 –56.0
    [4N,2S] –122.5 –108.5 –60.6 –46.6
  DO3S [4N] –119.7 –108.6 –63.4 –52.4
    [4N,S] –130.6 –117.1 –71.4 –57.9
    [4N,2S] –126.2 –111.4 –63.9 –49.0
a

All energies are in kilocalories per mole. Level of theory: (COSMO-)ZORA-OPBE/TZ2P//ZORA-OPBE/TZP.