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Vogiatzis KD, Polynski MV, Kirkland JK, Townsend J, Hashemi A, Liu C, Pidko EA. Computational Approach to Molecular Catalysis by 3d Transition Metals: Challenges and Opportunities. Chem Rev 2019; 119:2453-2523. [PMID: 30376310 PMCID: PMC6396130 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Computational chemistry provides a versatile toolbox for studying mechanistic details of catalytic reactions and holds promise to deliver practical strategies to enable the rational in silico catalyst design. The versatile reactivity and nontrivial electronic structure effects, common for systems based on 3d transition metals, introduce additional complexity that may represent a particular challenge to the standard computational strategies. In this review, we discuss the challenges and capabilities of modern electronic structure methods for studying the reaction mechanisms promoted by 3d transition metal molecular catalysts. Particular focus will be placed on the ways of addressing the multiconfigurational problem in electronic structure calculations and the role of expert bias in the practical utilization of the available methods. The development of density functionals designed to address transition metals is also discussed. Special emphasis is placed on the methods that account for solvation effects and the multicomponent nature of practical catalytic systems. This is followed by an overview of recent computational studies addressing the mechanistic complexity of catalytic processes by molecular catalysts based on 3d metals. Cases that involve noninnocent ligands, multicomponent reaction systems, metal-ligand and metal-metal cooperativity, as well as modeling complex catalytic systems such as metal-organic frameworks are presented. Conventionally, computational studies on catalytic mechanisms are heavily dependent on the chemical intuition and expert input of the researcher. Recent developments in advanced automated methods for reaction path analysis hold promise for eliminating such human-bias from computational catalysis studies. A brief overview of these approaches is presented in the final section of the review. The paper is closed with general concluding remarks.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Inorganic
Systems Engineering group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
| | - Chong Liu
- Inorganic
Systems Engineering group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- TheoMAT
group, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, St. Petersburg 191002, Russia
- Inorganic
Systems Engineering group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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Kochem A, Bill E, Neese F, van Gastel M. Mössbauer and computational investigation of a functional [NiFe] hydrogenase model complex. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:2099-102. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc09035g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hydrogen splitting in a NiFe hydrogenase model has been investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy to gain insight into the catalytic mechanism.
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- A. Kochem
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
- D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
- D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
- D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
- D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Germany
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Kim K, Kishima T, Matsumoto T, Nakai H, Ogo S. Selective Redox Activation of H2 or O2 in a [NiRu] Complex by Aromatic Ligand Effects. Organometallics 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/om300833m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Kyoungmok Kim
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral
Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku,
Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School
of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744
Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School
of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744
Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral
Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku,
Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School
of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744
Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral
Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku,
Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School
of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744
Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral
Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku,
Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School
of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744
Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Core Research for
Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi
Center Building, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama
332-0012, Japan
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