Research Article

A DFT Study of Some Structural and Spectral Properties of 4-Methoxyacetophenone Thiosemicarbazone and Its Complexes with Some Transition Metal Chlorides: Potent Antimicrobial Agents

Table 2

Binding energies (, kcal/mol), enthalpies (, kcal/mol), and Gibbs free energies (, kcal/mol) of complex formation between A1 and some transition metal chlorides at room temperature.

PropertyTransition metal ion [M(II)] present in complex
Ni2+Pd2+Pt2+Zn2+

−35.23−37.99−42.81−3.18
−35.83−38.59−43.40−3.77
−21.00−24.07−27.657.22