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Published on: November 12, 2016
A theoretical study on 1H-indole-2,3-dione complexes with lithium, sodium, and potassium cations
Fatma Genc1, Fatma Kandemirli2, Serap Senturk Dalgic3
1Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul YeniYuzyil University, Istanbul, Turkey. ftmgenc@yahoo.com.
Context:
A comparative study of the change in different properties of electronic and structural of the free 1H-indole-2,3-dione molecule and its complexes has been obtained. HOMA analysis was performed to investigate the effects of lithium sodium and potassium cations on the aromaticity of lithium sodium and potassium complexes of 1H-indole-2,3-dione.
Methods:
Several 1H-indole-2,3-dione complexes with lithium, sodium, and potassium cations were optimized at the B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) level. The cation and π interaction has been investigated from different aspects, including interaction energy calculations, charge transfer values, and changes in the aromaticity of the ring upon complexation. The charge transfer and natural population analysis for the complexes were performed with the natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis. The properties of bond critical points in complexes were studied by applying the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM). Finally, the aromaticity change of phenyl induced upon complex formation was evaluated by applying the harmonic oscillator model of aromaticity (HOMA). [Li-INa]+ and [[Li-INb]+ were optimized with the wB97XD function using a version of Grimme's D2 dispersion model, and the absorption energy was compared with the calculation made with the B3LYP functional.
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