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  • 1Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Colonia Vicentina, Iztapalapa, México, D.F. C.P. 09340, México.

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Area of Science:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Supramolecular Chemistry

Background:

  • Host-guest recognition in metallic complexes traditionally relies on geometrical preorganization and complementarity.
  • Interactional complementarity, focusing on electronic factors in intermolecular forces, is less explored.
  • Charge transfer between electron-rich ligands and electron-deficient metal cations significantly influences binding energies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a simple model based on density functional theory to quantify interactional complementarity in metallic complexes.
  • To define an interactional energy that isolates electronic factors by subtracting geometrical energy changes from binding energies.
  • To evaluate the model's efficacy in explaining complexation phenomena driven by electronic interactions.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a density functional theory (DFT)-based model to calculate interactional energy.
  • Subtraction of geometrical energy contributions from total binding energies to isolate electronic effects.
  • Application and testing of the model on the complexation of bidentate and cyclic ligands with Ca, Pb, and Hg metal dications.

Main Results:

  • The proposed interactional energy model successfully accounts for electronic factors in metallic complexation.
  • Charge-transfer energy, as described by the model, shows strong correlation with the calculated interactional energy.
  • The model demonstrates that charge-transfer effects dominate interactional energy when geometrical changes are not significant.

Conclusions:

  • Interactional complementarity, driven by electronic factors like charge transfer, plays a crucial role in metallic complex binding.
  • The developed model provides a valuable tool for understanding and predicting the selectivity and recognition in metallic complexes based on electronic properties.
  • This approach offers new insights into the fundamental forces governing metal-ligand interactions, complementing traditional geometrical considerations.