Synthesis, Characterization, Crystal structure determination and DFT study of a six coordinated Cu (II) complex of a phosphorous based tris-(2-pyridinylamino) phosphene sulphide ligand and its acid catalysed hydrolysis

One mono nuclear copper(II) complex (Cu-TPPS-OOCCH₃ with structural formula C₁₇H₁₉CuN₆O₃PS) is synthesized using a novel tripodal tetradentate ligand, tris-(2-pyridinylamino)phosphene sulphide (TPPS), which has three pyridinylamino groups attached to a phosphorus atom connected to a sulphur atom (PS). The equatorial positions of the complex are occupied by three amino N-atoms of three aminopyridyl groups and one O-atom of the acetate group. The apical position is occupied by other O-atom of acetate group and one secondary N-atom of the tripodal ligand. The complex has been synthesized and purified as green solid and characterized by various spectroscopic techniques and the structure has been determined by X-ray single crystal diffraction study. The geometry optimizations and calculations of energies of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the compounds are performed by using the hybrid B3LYP density functional theory (DFT) along with the def2TZVP basis set.