“…The crystallographic coordinates of [Cu(C 4 H 6 N 2 ) 4 (NO 3 ) 2 ] ( 1 ) and [Cu(C 4 H 6 N 2 ) 4 Cl 2 ] ( 2 ) obtained in this work and those of [Cu(C 4 H 6 N 2 ) 4 Br 2 ] ( 3 ) reported previously by Näther et al were used for the electronic structure calculation in the gas phase with the B3LYP/6-311+G(2d,2p) level of theory − using the GAUSSIAN 09 program . The B3LYP functional has proven to be valid previously in the analysis of the properties of CuZn-SOD, ,, SOD mimic Mn porphyrins, and ligands. ,, The chemical reactivity of the coordination compounds was analyzed (at the global, local, and condensed levels) taking as the reference point the electronic structure of the isolated molecules and using the DFT and the HSAB principle for soft–soft interactions (frontier-controlled soft–soft interactions). Global properties calculation: the electronic energy E values of the neutral (with N electrons), cationic (with N – 1 electrons), and anionic (with N + 1 electrons) species were calculated at the experimental geometry of the neutral compound to obtain the ionization potential I = E ( N – 1) – E ( N ), electron affinity EA = E ( N ) – E ( N + 1), chemical potential μ = −0.5( I + EA), electronegativity χ = −μ, hardness η = 0.5( I – EA), and electrophilicity ω = μ 2 /2η. ,− Condensed properties calculation: the condensed Fukui functions (intramolecular descriptor) for the atom k in the molecule A for nucleophilic f Ak + = q Ak ( N + 1) – q Ak ( N ) and radical f Ak 0 = q Ak ( N + 1) – q Ak ( N – 1) attacks − were obtained using the atomic charges q Ak from the Hirshfeld population analysis scheme .…”