Table 1 The HOMO-LUMO energies and global chemical reactivity parameters of NIC.

From: Protan triggered colorimetric and fluorometric responsive coumarin coupled imidazole as Co2+ sensor, DFT and zebrafish bioimaging studies

Compound

HOMO (eV)

LUMO

(eV)

\(\:\varDelta\:\varvec{E}\)

(eV)

\(\:{\varvec{E}}_{\varvec{g}}\)

(eV)

\(\:\varvec{\eta\:}\)

\(\:\left(\varvec{e}\varvec{V}\right)\)

\(\:\varvec{\delta\:}\)

\(\:\left({\varvec{e}\varvec{V}}^{-1}\right)\)

\(\:\varvec{\mu\:}\)

\(\:\left(\varvec{e}\varvec{V}\right)\)

\(\:\varvec{\chi\:}\)

\(\:\left(\varvec{e}\varvec{V}\right)\)

NIC

– 6.0721

– 3.3714

2.7006

2.2998

1.3503

0.7405

4.7217

– 4.721

NIC + Co2+

– 11.098

– 10.652

0.4451

0.2225

4.4925

10.875

– 10.87