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

Table 6. Electronic and Gibbs Free Energies (in the Gas Phase and in Water) for the DO2A2S Complexes of Cu2+ and Cu+a.

      gas phase
water
M coordination formb ΔE ΔG ΔE ΔG
Cu2+ [4N,2O]   –698.8 –684.7 –220.8 –206.7
  [4N,2O] H+ –563.3 –548.3 –202.6 –187.6
  [4N,O] H+ –565.7 –550.1 –210.5 –194.9
  [4N,O,S] H+ –563.8 –546.4 –201.0 –183.7
  [4N,S] H+ –554.6 –539.4 –198.8 –183.6
  [4N,2S] H+ –545.5 –528.2 –186.7 –169.4
Cu+ [4N,2O]   –260.6 –260.6 –66.3 –57.2
  [4N,O]   –257.7 –257.7 –75.5 –66.0
  [4N,O,S]   –253.1 –253.1 –71.4 –61.0
  [4N,S]   –248.1 –248.1 –77.8 –67.8
  [4N,2S]   –243.7 –243.7 –69.1 –56.2
  [4N,2O] H+ –193.4 –193.4 –63.1 –50.5
  [4N,O] H+ –203.1 –203.1 –73.1 –59.8
  [4N,O,S] H+ –199.6 –199.6 –68.7 –54.1
  [4N,S] H+ –188.1 –188.1 –96.9 –82.4
  [4N,2S] H+ –184.2 –184.2 –65.2 –48.7
a

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

b

The two carboxylates were considered to be either deprotonated (−) or monoprotonated (H+).