Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol over bimetallic Fe-alloyed (Ni, Pt) surfaces: reaction mechanism, transition-state scaling relations and descriptor for predicting C–O bond scission reactivity

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 2146-2158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyang Liu ◽  
Wei An ◽  
Yixing Wang ◽  
C. Heath Turner ◽  
Daniel E. Resasco

Small means big: DFT-calculated C–O bond length of adsorbed intermediates can serve as a good descriptor for predicting the C–O bond scission reactivity of phenolics over metal catalysts.

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (19) ◽  
pp. 5116-5116
Author(s):  
Xiaoyang Liu ◽  
Wei An ◽  
Yixing Wang ◽  
C. Heath Turner ◽  
Daniel E. Resasco

Correction for ‘Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol over bimetallic Fe-alloyed (Ni, Pt) surfaces: reaction mechanism, transition-state scaling relations and descriptor for predicting C–O bond scission reactivity’ by Xiaoyang Liu et al., Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018, 8, 2146–2158.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Bakewell ◽  
Martí Garçon ◽  
Richard Y Kong ◽  
Louisa O'Hare ◽  
Andrew J. P. White ◽  
...  

The reactions of an aluminium(I) reagent with a series of 1,2-, 1,3- and 1,5-dienes are reported. In the case of 1,3-dienes the reaction occurs by a pericyclic reaction mechanism, specifically a cheletropic cycloaddition, to form aluminocyclopentene containing products. This mechanism has been interrogated by stereochemical experiments and DFT calculations. The stereochemical experiments show that the (4+1) cycloaddition follows a suprafacial topology, while calculations support a concerted albeit asynchronous pathway in which the transition state demonstrates aromatic character. Remarkably, the substrate scope of the (4+1) cycloaddition includes dienes that are either in part, or entirely, contained within aromatic rings. In these cases, reactions occur with dearomatisation of the substrate and can be reversible. In the case of 1,2- or 1,5-dienes complementary reactivity is observed; the orthogonal nature of the C=C π-bonds (1,2-diene) and the homoconjugated system (1,5-diene) both disfavour a (4+1) cycloaddition. Rather, reaction pathways are determined by an initial (2+1) cycloaddition to form an aluminocyclopropane intermediate which can in turn undergo insertion of a further C=C π-bond leading to complex organometallic products that incorporate fused hydrocarbon rings.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changhyeok Choi ◽  
Sungho Yoon ◽  
Yousung Jung

The scaling relationship of methane activation via a radical-like transition state shifts toward a more reactive region with decreasing coordination number of the active sites.


1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. King ◽  
K. Abikar

p-Methoxy- and p-nitro substituted analogues (1b and 1c) of the diaxial β-chlorothioether 2β-chloro-3α-(phenylthio)-5α-cholestane (1a), have been prepared and found to undergo the diaxial → diequatorial rearrangement. The rates of rearrangement of these compounds show the sequence p-methoxy > H > p-nitro. It is concluded that the transition state for the rearrangement is polarized in the sense of a sulfonium chloride (3). The rearrangement of 1a is 1600 times faster in butanol than in decalin (at 110°). There is thus no inherent insensitivity to solvent change in a rearrangement in which there may be a "four-atom arrangement" in the transition state, a conclusion relevant to previous work on the diaxial → diequatorial rearrangement of 1,2-dibromides (1). It was further found that the nitro group slowed the rearrangement (at 110°) more in butanol than in decalin, an observation regarded as consistent with, but not requiring, the incursion of a merged ion-pair, cyclic concerted mechanism.


1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 1646-1652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Békhazi ◽  
Peter J. Smith ◽  
John Warkentin

2-Aryl-2-methoxy-5,5-dimethyl-Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazolines (4) and 5-aryl-2-methoxy-2,5-dimethyl-Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazolines (5) were synthesized. Compounds 4 decompose in solution with first order kinetics. Rate constants are correlated with Hammett substituent constants (σ−) with ρ(49.2 °C) = 0.74 and 0.89 for CCl4, and CD3OD, respectively. The final products from 4 indicate that thermolysis involves the cleavage of both C—N bonds, to form N2 and, initially, a carbonyl ylide. Compounds 5, which were obtained as mixtures of cis/trans isomers containing several impurities, and which therefore gave poorer kinetic data, decomposed in CDCl3 solution with [Formula: see text] Carbonyl ylide intermediates, similar to those from the closelyrelated compounds 4, were assumed on the basis of analogy and on the basis of partial identification of products. The effects of para substituents in the aryl groups of 4 and 5 show that the transition states have greater electron density at C-2 of 4 and at C-5 of 5 than do the starting materials. In spite of the increase in electron density at C-2 of 4, the transition state must be less polar, overall, than the ground state because rate constants for thermolysis of 4 in methanol are smaller than those for CCl4, solvent. A plausible explanation for the substituent effects and the solvent effects is that the loss of N2 is concerted, with a transition state resembling more closely a spin paired 1,3-diradical than a 1,3-dipole. Alternative stepwise mechanisms, in which C2—N3 bond scission of 4 and C5—N4 bond scission of 5 are the rate-determining steps, leading to 1,5-diradical intermediates, can not be excluded on the basis of the evidence.


2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 3001-3005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabbir Ahmed ◽  
Karen James ◽  
Caroline P Owen ◽  
Chirag K Patel ◽  
Mijal B Patel

2017 ◽  
Vol 82 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 841-850
Author(s):  
Mohammad Taqavian ◽  
Daryoush Abedi ◽  
Fatemeh Zigheimat ◽  
Leila Zeidabadinejad

Ab initio and DFT calculations have been carried out to study the reaction mechanism between interferons (IFNs) ?-2a, ?-2b and ?-1a and polyethylene glycol (PEG) group. The calculations show that the mechanisms are concerted, in agreement with the results of experimental works. However, although it appears that there is one single transition state, the characteristics of its structure reveal a very synchronous reaction mechanism. The reactions are clearly exothermic and as well have feasible activation energies. Our computational study shows that the lowest transition state energies are related to Lys 134, His 34 and Met 1 of IFN-?-2a, IFN-?-2b and IFN-?-1a, respectively.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Bakewell ◽  
Martí Garçon ◽  
Richard Y Kong ◽  
Louisa O'Hare ◽  
Andrew J. P. White ◽  
...  

The reactions of an aluminium(I) reagent with a series of 1,2-, 1,3- and 1,5-dienes are reported. In the case of 1,3-dienes the reaction occurs by a pericyclic reaction mechanism, specifically a cheletropic cycloaddition, to form aluminocyclopentene containing products. This mechanism has been interrogated by stereochemical experiments and DFT calculations. The stereochemical experiments show that the (4+1) cycloaddition follows a suprafacial topology, while calculations support a concerted albeit asynchronous pathway in which the transition state demonstrates aromatic character. Remarkably, the substrate scope of the (4+1) cycloaddition includes dienes that are either in part, or entirely, contained within aromatic rings. In these cases, reactions occur with dearomatisation of the substrate and can be reversible. In the case of 1,2- or 1,5-dienes complementary reactivity is observed; the orthogonal nature of the C=C π-bonds (1,2-diene) and the homoconjugated system (1,5-diene) both disfavour a (4+1) cycloaddition. Rather, reaction pathways are determined by an initial (2+1) cycloaddition to form an aluminocyclopropane intermediate which can in turn undergo insertion of a further C=C π-bond leading to complex organometallic products that incorporate fused hydrocarbon rings.


Synlett ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita Escudero-Casao ◽  
Giulia Licini ◽  
Manuel Orlandi

The transition metal catalyzed α-arylation of carbonyl compounds was first reported by Buchwald and Hartwig in 1997. This transformation has been used and studied extensively over the last two decades. Enantioselective variants were also developed that allow for controlling the product stereochemistry. However, these suffer several limitations in the context of formation of tertiary stereocenters. Presented here is our group’s contribution to this research area. The chiral Cu-bis(phosphine) dioxides catalytic system that we reported allowed accessing the enantioselective α-arylation of ketones that were not suitable for this transformation before in good yields and er up to 97.5:2.5. Preliminary insight and speculation concerning the reaction mechanism involving the unusual pairing of bis(phosphine) dioxides with transition metal catalysts is also given.


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