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Synthesis, characterization, and computational study of copper bipyridine complex [Cu (C18H24N2) (NO3)2] to explore its functional properties

  • Saleh S. Alarfaji , Sajjad Hussain EMAIL logo , Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi , Shabbir Muhammad ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Islam Ullah Khan , Faiz Rabbani , Mazhar Amjad Gilani and Hamid Ullah

Abstract

In the present study, copper (II) complex of 4, 4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine [Cu (C18H24N2) (NO3)2], 1 is investigated through its synthesis and characterization using elemental analysis technique, infra-red spectroscopy, and single-crystal analysis. The compound 1 crystallizes in orthorhombic space group P212121. The copper atom in the mononuclear complex is hexa coordinated through two nitrogen and four oxygen atoms from bipyridine ligand and nitrate ligands. The thermal analysis depicts the stability of the entitled compound up to 170 °C, and the decomposition takes place in different steps between 170 and 1000 °C. Furthermore, quantum chemical techniques are used to study optoelectronic, nonlinear optical, and therapeutic bioactivity. The values of isotropic and anisotropic linear polarizabilities of compound 1 are calculated as 41.65 × 10−24 and 23.02 × 10−24 esu, respectively. Likewise, the static hyperpolarizability is calculated as 47.92 × 10−36 esu using M06 functional compared with para-nitroaniline (p-NA) and found several times larger than p-NA. Furthermore, the antiviral potential of compound 1 is studied using molecular docking technique where intermolecular interactions are checked between the entitled compound and two crucial proteins of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Our investigation indicated that compound 1 interacts more vigorously to spike protein than main protease (MPro) due to its better binding energy of −9.60 kcal/mol compared with −9.10 kcal/mol of MPro. Our current study anticipated that the above-entitled coordination complexes could be potential candidates for optoelectronic properties and their biological activity.


Corresponding authors: Sajjad Hussain, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Mathematics, Minhaj University, Lahore, Pakistan, E-mail: ; and Shabbir Muhammad, Department of Physics, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia, E-mail:

Funding source: King Khalid University

Award Identifier / Grant number: RGP.1/168/42

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: The author from King Khalid University Saudi Arabia extends his appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding the work through Research Projects (RGP.1/168/42).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2021-0248).


Received: 2021-09-23
Accepted: 2021-11-14
Published Online: 2021-12-02
Published in Print: 2022-05-25

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