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Towards quantitative analysis of the non-covalent interactions in a newly synthesized phenanthroline-based nickel(II) complex: A combined experimental and computational study
1 , * 2 , 3 , 4 , 4 , 5
1  Independent scientist, ORCID : 0000-0001-6926-6286
2  Laboratoire des Structures, Propriétés et Interactions Interatomiques LASPI2A, Département des Sciences de la Matière, Faculté des Sciences et de la Technologie, Université ‘’Abbes Laghrour’’, Khenchela 40.000, Algeria
3  Laboratory of Engineering of Organometallic and Molecular Materials, "LIMOM" URAC 19. Department of Chemistry. Faculty of Sciences, PO Box 1796, 30.000 Fès, Morocco
4  Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cumhuriyet University 58140 Sivas – Turkey
5  Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Praha 8, Czech Republic

Abstract:

A new phenanthroline-based nickel(ii) complex was synthesized and fully characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Its crystal structure revealed that it comprises Ni2Cl4(H2O)2(Phen)2 dimmers linked via O─H...Cl hydrogen bonds. In order to get better insights into the hydrogen bonds and the intermolecular interactions holding the molecules together, a Hirshfeld surface analysis was carried out. Besides, the structure of the studied complex was optimized at M06-2X/6-31G(d)(LANL2DZ) level. Furthermore, the molecular orbital energy diagram, the contour plots of the molecular orbitals and the molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) map were calculated and discussed.

Keywords: crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis, hydrogen bonds, MEP map, Ni(II) complex, non-covalent interactions, quantum chemical calculations
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