Research Article

Quantum Chemical Investigation on the Antioxidant Activity of Neutral and Anionic Forms of Juglone: Metal Chelation and Its Effect on Radical Scavenging Activity

Table 3

Thermodynamic parameters (kJ/mol), atomic charge of the central metal(e) (ligand-metal charge transfer), and the correlation coefficient () all obtained at B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) level.

JugloneDeprotonated juglone
M(e)ΔHΔGΔEM(e)ΔHΔGΔE

Gas
 Mg(II)1.84(0.16)−674.1−640.4−672.20.7461.76(0.24)−1623.6−1582.4−1618.50.639
 Ca(II)1.93(0.07)−416.1−384.1−415.11.88(0.12)−1275.3−1237.6−1227.2
 Fe(II)1.58(0.42)−769.6−735.7−767.51.43(0.57)−1776.1−1735.3−1773.6
 Co(II)1.51(0.49)−838.9−805.9−837.91.28(0.72)−1851.3−1811.9−1853.8
 Ni(II)1.31(0.69)−945.1−915.7−945.61.17(0.83)−1966.5−1926.7−1963.0
 Cu(II)1.08(0.92)−1027.0−996.0−1027.00.97(1.03)−2038.6−2001.4−2036.9
 Cu(I)0.89(0.11)−244.8−214.1−244.70.81(0.19)−772.7−733.5−769.0
 Zn(II)1.66(0.34)−841.5−808.3−841.61.55(0.45)−1841.0−1801.1−1838.7

Water
 Mg(II)1.93(0.07)−48.6−14.1−46.10.8531.89(0.11)−209.1−168.2−205.20.871
 Ca(II)1.98(0.02)9.439.310.61.96(0.04)−103.2−62.4−99.4
 Fe(II)1.85(0.15)−51.1−15.0−49.51.74(0.26)−239.9−197.3−235.5
 Co(II)1.80(0.20)−94.7−58.9−92.21.66(0.34)−262.2−221.1−259.8
 Ni(II)1.76(0.24)−117.9−81.7−115.31.58(0.42)−321.6−280.7−317.2
 Cu(II)1.49(0.51)−368.7−333.4−366.41.37(0.63)−630.8−590.2−627.7
 Cu(I)0.98(0.02)−92.2−567.4−90.00.86(0.14)−222.6−185.2−219.5
 Zn(II)1.88(0.12)−63.1−27.7−62.81.77(0.23)−242.4−203.8−239.5