Research Article

Structural Analysis and Reactivity of Tetramethylcopper(III) Complex towards Nitrogen Donor Ligands by Density Functional Theory

Table 3

Calculated natural atomic orbital occupancy of copper ion in complexes 1–9.

ComplexesOccupancy of Cu (3d, 4s)
s

Cu(CH3)4−1(1)1.581.991.991.971.990.44
CuN(CH3)33−(2)1.981.991.991.971.580.42
Cu(NH)(CH3)32−(3)1.951.991.991.971.600.42
transCu(NH)2(CH3)23−(4)1.981.991.981.961.550.41
Cu(NH2)(CH3)3−1(5)1.991.991.991.971.540.41
cisCu(NH2)2(CH3)2−1(6)1.511.991.991.971.990.40
transCu(NH2)2(CH3)2−1(7)1.961.991.991.971.520.40
Cu(NHCH2-CH2NH)(CH3)2−1(8)1.511.991.991.971.990.40
Cu(NH)2C6H4(CH3)2−1(9)1.991.991.471.981.980.39