Research Article

Synthesis and Characterization of β-Diketimine Schiff Base Complexes with Ni(II) and Zn(II) Ions: Experimental and Theoretical Study

Table 5

Free energy (G), E (thermal), CV, and entropy (S) calculated for structures 1, 2, & 3.

G (hartree/particle)E (kcal/mol)CV (cal/mol-kelvin)S (cal/mol-kelvin)

β-Diketimine−1301.59305.152106.571204.985
β-Diketimine tautomer−1301.60305.939105.983195.669
Ni(II) β-diketimine−3424.22357.139128.748223.575
Zn(II) β-diketimine−3696.00358.389133.230237.364