Open AccessApplicability of NBO and AIM Topology Analyses to Chemical Bonding in Some Diacetylplatinum(II) Complexes
Author(s) -
Saied M. Soliman,
Mohamed M. Zaid
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2019.21806
Subject(s) - chemistry , covalent bond , hydrazone , pyridine , trans effect , crystallography , single bond , natural bond orbital , bond length , lone pair , chemical bond , ligand (biochemistry) , quadruple bond , bond order , computational chemistry , stereochemistry , molecule , density functional theory , crystal structure , medicinal chemistry , group (periodic table) , organic chemistry , biochemistry , receptor
The geometrical structures of six square-planar diacetylplatinum(II) complexes ([Pt(Ac)2L], L = hydrazine-type ligand) were calculated using six (B3LYP, CAM-B3LYP, B3PW91, M06, M06HF and PBE) DFT methods and one post-Hartree–Fock (MP2) method combined with 6-31G(d,p) basis sets for nonmetal atoms and LANL2DZ for Pt. Using percent relative errors, M06HF and MP2 are best for predicting Pt–N bond distances, but worst for Pt–C bond distances, whereas B3PW91 is best. Pt–N(pyridine) bonds have higher electron density at the bond critical points than Pt–N(hydrazone) bonds, and the former are more covalent than the latter. Further, Pt–C bonds trans to hydrazone moieties are more covalent than Pt–C bonds trans to Pt–N(pyridine) bonds. Pt–C bonds are mainly due to Pt→Ac back donation rather than Ac→Pt donation; σ-bonding is less important in this case, consistent with the high π-acidity and strong trans effect of acetyl groups. In contrast, Pt→N back donation is negligible and Pt–N bonds are mainly due to N→Pt σ-donation, which stabilizes trans Pt–C bonds.