Mechanistic insights into α-branched amines formation with pivalic acid assisted C−H bond activation catalysed by Cp*Rh complexes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rongrong Li ◽  
Xinzheng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Bond Activation ◽  
Pivalic Acid ◽  
Activation Mechanism ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Density Functional Theory Computations ◽  
Reaction Energies

Density functional theory computations revealed a pivalic acid assisted C−H bond activation mechanism for rhodium catalyzed formation of α-branched amines with C−C and C−N bond couplings. The reaction energies of...

The Variediene-Forming Carbocation Cyclization/Rearrangement Cascade

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young J. Hong ◽  
Dean J. Tantillo
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Potential Energy Surface ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Energy Surface ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Density Functional Theory Computations

An energetically viable (on the basis of results from density functional theory computations) pathway to the diterpene variediene is described. Only one of the three secondary carbocations along this pathway is predicted to be a minimum on the potential energy surface.

A density functional theory study of the mechanisms of addition of transition metal oxides ReO3L(L = Cl-, O-, OCH3, CH3) to substituted ketenes

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (05) ◽  
pp. 1550035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issahaku Ahmed ◽  
Richard Tia ◽  
Evans Adei
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Metal Complexes ◽  
Oxidation State ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
High Activation ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Activation Barriers ◽  
Reaction Energies ◽  
Addition Pathway

Ketenes are excellent precursors for catalytic asymmetric reactions, creating chiral centers mainly through addition across their C = C bonds. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations at the MO6/LACVP* and B3LYP/LACVP* levels of theory were employed in a systematic investigation of the peri-, chemo- and regio-selectivity of the addition of transition metal oxo complexes of the type ReO 3 L ( L = Cl -, O -, OCH 3, CH 3) to substituted ketenes O = C = C ( CH 3)(X) [ X = CH 3, H , CN , Ph ] with the aim of elucidating the effects of substituents on the mechanism of the reactions. The [2 + 2] addition pathway across the C = C or C = O (depending on the ligand) is the most preferred in the reactions of dimethyl ketene with all the metal complexes studied. The [2 + 2] pathway is also the most preferred in the reactions of ReO 3 Cl with all the substituted ketenes studied except when X = Cl . Thus of all the reactions studied, it is only the reaction of ReO 3 Cl with O = C = C ( CH 3)( Cl ) that prefers the [3 + 2] addition pathway. Reactions of dimethyl ketene with ReO 3 L favors addition across C = O bonds of the ketene when L = O - and CH 3 but favors addition across C = C bonds when L = OCH 3 and Cl . In the reactions of ReO 3 Cl with substituted ketenes, addition across C = O bonds is favored only when X = H while addition across C = C bonds is favored when X = CH 3, Cl , Ph , CN . The reactions of dimethyl ketene with ReO 3 L will most likely lead to the formation of an ester precursor in each case. A zwitterionic intermediate is formed in the reactions except in the reactions of [Formula: see text]. The order in the activation energies of the reactions of dimethyl ketenes with the metal complexes ReO 3 L with respect to changing ligand L is O - < CH 3 O - < Cl - < CH 3 while the order in reaction energies is CH 3 < CH 3 O - < O - < Cl -. For the reactions of substituted ketenes with ReO 3 Cl , the order in activation barriers is CH 3 < Ph < CN < Cl < H while the reaction energies follow the order Cl < CH 3 < H < Ph < CN . In the reactions of dimethyl ketenes with ReO 3 L , the trend in the selectivity of the reactions with respect to ligand L is Cl - < CH 3 O - < CH 3 < O - while the trend in selectivity is CH 3 < CN < Cl < Ph in the reactions of ReO 3 Cl with substituted ketenes. It is seen that reactions involving a change in oxidation state of metal from the reactant to product have high activation barriers while reactions that do not involve a change in oxidation state have low activation barriers. For both [3 + 2] and [2 + 2] additions, low activation barriers are obtained when the substituent on the ketene is electron-donating while high activation barriers are obtained when the substituent is electron-withdrawing.

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