Supplementary Material Synthesis and characterization of hetero-bimetallic complexes with 2-mercapto-5-methylbenzimidazole: Theoretical study and biological activities HUMAIRA IQBAL, SAQIB ALI*, SAIRA SHAHZADI*, SAROJ K. SHARMA, KUSHAL QANUNGO and MUHAMMAD SHAHID Table S1. Selected bond lengths (Å) and bond angles (°) of 4. Bond length (Å) Bond angle (°) Hg-S Sn-C(Ph/Me) C-S 2.78, 2.78 2.13, 2.13 2.72, 2.72 2.13, 2.14, 1.73 2.14, 2.14 1.73 Sn-S S-Hg-S S-C-S C(Ph/Me)-Sn-C(Ph/Me) 2.48 65.5 119.5 113.5 2.48 65.5 119.5 112.5 112.5 Table S2. Computed molecular descriptors of heterobimetallic 4. Molecular descriptor Values HOMO energy (eV) -7.75210 LUMO energy (eV) -1.37052 HOMO-LUMO (eV) -6.38158 Dipole moment (debye) 0.08800 Global hardness (, eV) 3.19079 Global softness (S, eV-1) 0.15670 Chemical potential (, eV) -4.56131 Electrophilicity (ω) 3.26025 1 Table S3. Computed thermodynamic parameters of heterobimetallic 4. Thermodynamic parameters at 298K 4 Heat of formation (Kcal/mole) 104.031 Enthalpy (Kcal/mole-K) 20953.6755 Entropy (Kcal/mole-K) 194.3342 Heat capacity (Cp) (cal/mole-K) 133.9785 Table S4. Immunomodulatory activity data of HL, 2, 4 and 6. Compound No. IC50 ± SD (g/mL) HL 9.1 ± 0.8 2 > 100 4 > 100 6 <1 Ibuprofen 11.8 ± 1.9 2