Synergistic effects of steric constraints and non-covalent interactions in copper(ii) chloro-nitro-benzoato complexes: synthesis, structural characterization, theoretical investigations, antimicrobial studies, and molecular docking analyses

Abstract

Herein, design and synthesis of three new complexes of copper(II) chloro-benzoato (2C4NB = 2-chloro-4-nitrobenzoate; 2C5NB = 2-chloro-5-nitrobenzoate) with N-/O-donor i.e. ethanolamine(ethmn) and N-hydroxyethyl-ethylenediamine (N-hyden), [Cu(ethmn)2(2C4NB)2] (1), [Cu(N-hyden)2](2C5NB)2 (2), and [Cu(N-hyden)2(2C4NB)2]...