Extraordinary Mechanism of the Diels–Alder Reaction: Investigation of Stereochemistry, Charge Transfer, Charge Polarization, and Biradicaloid Formation

2016 ◽  
Vol 120 (7) ◽  
pp. 1097-1111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Sexton ◽  
Elfi Kraka ◽  
Dieter Cremer
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Alder Reaction ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Diels Alder Reaction ◽  
Charge Polarization

scholarly journals On the Role of Hydrogen Bond Strength and Charge Transfer of a Diels-Alder Reaction On-Water: Semiempirical and Free Energy Calculations.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Henao Aristizàbal ◽  
Yomna Gohar ◽  
René Whilhelm ◽  
Thomas D. Kühne
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Alder Reaction ◽  
Free Energy Calculations ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Diels Alder Reaction

Accelerated chemistry at the interface with water has received increasing attention. The mechanisms behind the enhanced reactivity On-Water are not yet clear. In this work we use a Langevin scheme in the spirit of second generation Car-Parrinello to accelerate the second-order density functional Tight-Binding (DFTB2) method in order to investigate the free energy of two Diels-Alder reaction On-Water: the cycloaddition between cyclopentadiene and ethyl cinnamate or thionocinnamate. The only difference between the reactants is the substitution of a carbonyl oxygen for a thiocarbonyl sulfur, making possible the distinction between them as strong and weak hydrogen-bond acceptors. We find a different mechanism for the reaction during the transition states and uncover the role of hydrogen bonds along with the reaction path. Our results suggest that acceleration of Diels-Alder reactions do not arise from an increased number of hydrogen bonds at the transition state and charge transfer plays a significant role. However, the presence of water and hydrogen-bonds is determinant for the catalysis of these reactions.

Positive Photocatalysis of a Diels−Alder Reaction by Quenching of Excited Naphthalene−Indole Charge-Transfer Complex with Cyclohexadiene

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
María González-Béjar ◽  
Salah-Eddine Stiriba ◽  
Miguel A. Miranda ◽  
Julia Pérez-Prieto
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Charge Transfer Complex ◽  
Alder Reaction ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Diels Alder Reaction

scholarly journals On the Role of Hydrogen Bond Strength and Charge Transfer of a Diels-Alder Reaction On-Water: Semiempirical and Free Energy Calculations.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Henao Aristizàbal ◽  
Yomna Gohar ◽  
René Whilhelm ◽  
Thomas D. Kühne
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Alder Reaction ◽  
Free Energy Calculations ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Diels Alder Reaction

Accelerated chemistry at the interface with water has received increasing attention. The mechanisms behind the enhanced reactivity On-Water are not yet clear. In this work we use a Langevin scheme in the spirit of second generation Car-Parrinello to accelerate the second-order density functional Tight-Binding (DFTB2) method in order to investigate the free energy of two Diels-Alder reaction On-Water: the cycloaddition between cyclopentadiene and ethyl cinnamate or thionocinnamate. The only difference between the reactants is the substitution of a carbonyl oxygen for a thiocarbonyl sulfur, making possible the distinction between them as strong and weak hydrogen-bond acceptors. We find a different mechanism for the reaction during the transition states and uncover the role of hydrogen bonds along with the reaction path. Our results suggest that acceleration of Diels-Alder reactions do not arise from an increased number of hydrogen bonds at the transition state and charge transfer plays a significant role. However, the presence of water and hydrogen-bonds is determinant for the catalysis of these reactions.

A synthetic co-crystal prepared by cooperative single-crystal-to-single-crystal solid-state Diels–Alder reaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (36) ◽  
pp. 4969-4972 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Khorasani ◽  
M. A. Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Charge Transfer Complex ◽  
Alder Reaction ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Energy Calculations ◽  
Diels Alder Reaction ◽  
Close Contacts

Solid-state Diels–Alder reaction in a 2 : 1 donor to acceptor charge-transfer complex leads to a synthetic co-crystal composed of product and unreacted donor. Analysis of close contacts and DFT energy calculations indicate that the reaction occurs cooperatively where the arrangement of molecules shown in (ii) is favoured.

scholarly journals Cooperativity in the Reaction of 9-Methylanthracene With a 1,4-Dithiin Molecule

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C913-C913
Author(s):  
Sanaz Khorasani ◽  
Manuel Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Lattice Energy ◽  
Alder Reaction ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Reaction Products ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Diels Alder Reaction

Solid-state chemistry involves the manipulation of molecules and materials through photochemical, thermal, or mechanical reaction methods. Single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) reactions are rare, but offer the opportunity to study reaction mechanisms and molecular motions in the solid state at the atomic level using single crystal X-ray diffraction. This allows the effect of the surrounding molecules, and hence the reaction cavity, on the reacting molecules to be examined which may ultimately lead to postcrystallization methods for creating new materials or reaction products that cannot easily be obtained via solution. SCSC reactions involving two different molecules are relatively uncommon. A convenient system that allows the study of such reactions is the [4+2] Diels-Alder reaction of 1,4-dithiintetracarboxylic type compounds with anthracene derivatives. In the work reported here, electron donor to acceptor interactions between 9-Methylanthracene and bis(N-cyclobutylimino)-1,4-dithiin lead to the formation of chiral charge transfer (CT) crystals [1]. These undergo a topochemical thermal SCSC [4 + 2] Diels-Alder reaction in the solid state. CT crystals were reacted at 400C, their structures determined by X-ray diffraction at various degrees of conversion, and examined using Hirshfeld surfaces and lattice energy calculations to find evidence of reaction cooperativity and feedback mechanisms. In this case, a maximum reaction conversion of around 96% was obtained indicating that the reaction is non-random within the charge transfer stacks, with close contacts between product molecules in the reacted crystal also providing some evidence for reaction cooperativity along the b axis perpendicular to the CT stacking axis.

The Diels-Alder Reaction of 2-Ethenyl-1,4-Benzodioxin: A New and Simple Synthesis of Bisaryl Ethers

Synlett ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 1989 (01) ◽  
pp. 30-32
Author(s):  
Thomas V. Lee ◽  
Alistair J. Leigh ◽  
Christopher B. Chapleo
Keyword(s):  
Alder Reaction ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Simple Synthesis ◽  
Diels Alder Reaction

The intermolecular anthracene-transfer in a regiospecific antipodal C60 difunctionalization

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radu Talmazan ◽  
Klaus R. Liedl ◽  
Bernhard Kräutler ◽  
Maren Podewitz
Keyword(s):  
Noncovalent Interactions ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Alder Reaction ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Stacking Interactions ◽  
Pi Stacking ◽  
Diels Alder Reaction ◽  
Double Decker ◽  
Anthracene Molecule ◽  
New Strategies

We analyze the mechanism of the topochemically controlled difunctionalization of C60 and anthracene, where an anthracene molecule is transferred from one C60 monoadduct to another one under exclusive formation of equal amounts of C60 and the difficult to make antipodal C60 bisadduct. Our herein disclosed dispersion corrected DFT studies show the anthracene transfer to take place in a synchronous retro Diels-Alder/Diels-Alder reaction: an anthracene molecule dissociates from one fullerene under formation of an intermediate, while already undergoing stabilizing interactions with both neighboring fullerenes, facilitating the reaction kinetically. In the intermediate, a planar anthracene molecule is sandwiched between two neighboring fullerenes and forms equally strong "double-decker" type pi-pi stacking interactions with both of these fullerenes. Analysis with the distorsion interaction model shows that the anthracene unit of the intermediate is almost planar with minimal distorsions. This analysis sheds light on the existence of noncovalent interactions engaging both faces of a planar polyunsaturated ring and two convex fullerene surfaces in an unprecedented 'inverted sandwich' structure. Hence, it sheds light on new strategies to design functional fullerene based materials.<br>

Natural Products Biosynthesis Involving a Putative Diels-Alder Reaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (22) ◽  
pp. 2421-2442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kévin Cottet ◽  
Maria Kolympadi ◽  
Dean Markovic ◽  
Marie-Christine Lallemand
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Alder Reaction ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Diels Alder Reaction
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