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Table 3 Global reactivity descriptors of the title molecules in the gaseous ambient

From: Synthesis of new two 1,2-disubstituted benzimidazole compounds: their in vitro anticancer and in silico molecular docking studies

 

(2a)

(2b)

Parameters

Values(eV)

EHOMO

-5.9043

-5.6877

ELUMO

-0.6482

-0.1896

Energy band gap (ΔE = ELUMO-EHOMO)

5.2561

5.4981

Ionization potential (I = -EHOMO)

5.9043

5.6877

Electron affinity (A = -ELUMO)

0.6482

0.1896

Electronegativity (χ =(I + A)/2)

3.2763

2,9387

Chemical hardness (η= (I-A)/2)

2.6281

2.7491

Chemical softness (σ = 1/2η)

0.1902

0.1819

Chemical potential (µ = −(I + A)/2)

-3.2763

-2,9387

Electrophilicity index (ω = µ2/2η)

2.0422

1.5707

Maximum charge transfer index (ΔNmax = -µ/η)

1.2466

1.0689