Quantum mechanical investigation on acceleration of electrocyclic reactions through transition metal catalysis

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作者
Nisa, Riffat Un [1 ]
Hashmi, Muhammad Ali [2 ]
Sajjad, Saira [1 ]
Mahmood, Tariq [1 ]
Iqbal, Javed [3 ]
Ayub, Khurshid [1 ]
机构
[1] COMSATS Inst Informat Technol, Dept Chem, Univ Rd,Tobe Camp, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan
[2] Victoria Univ Wellington, Sch Chem & Phys Sci, Wellington 6012, New Zealand
[3] Univ Agr Faisalabad, Dept Chem, Faisalabad, Pakistan
关键词
Electrocyclic reaction; Transition metal catalysis; Non-concerted reaction; Reductive elimination; Density functional theory calculations; HYDROCARBON PERICYCLIC-REACTIONS; AB-INITIO; (2-FURYL)CARBENE COMPLEXES; CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS; ACTIVATION BARRIERS; REACTION ENERGETICS; CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS; CBS-QB3; METHODS; STANDARD SET; DIELS-ALDER;
D O I
10.1016/j.jorganchem.2016.02.017
中图分类号
O61 [无机化学];
学科分类号
070301 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Acceleration of the electrocyclization of 1,3,5-hexatriene to 1,3-cyclohexadiene through early transition metal catalysis is investigated through quantum mechanical methods. The reaction proceeds in a non-pericyclic fashion involving two fundamental steps of catalysis (oxidative addition and reductive elimination), and the calculated acceleration effect is very large, up to 24 kcal mol(-1). Electrocyclization is highly dependent on the nature, formal oxidation state and coordination number of metal. Ligands are also predicted to show tremendous effect on the activation barrier of a reaction. Lowest activation energy is observed for [Nb(CHD)](+3) (5.63 kcal mol(-1)) where Nb is in its highest possible oxidation state i.e. +5. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:78 / 86
页数:9
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