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Li GQ, Li ZQ, Jiang M, Zhang Z, Qian Y, Xiao WJ, Chen JR. Photoinduced Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Three-Component Radical 1,2-Azidooxygenation of 1,3-Dienes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202405560. [PMID: 38787342 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202405560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Radical-involved multicomponent difunctionalization of 1,3-dienes has recently emerged as a promising strategy for rapid synthesis of valuable allylic compounds in one-pot operation. However, the expansion of radical scope and enantiocontrol remain two major challenges. Herein, we describe an unprecedented photoinduced copper-catalyzed highly enantioselective three-component radical 1,2-azidooxygenation of 1,3-dienes with readily available azidobenziodazolone reagent and carboxylic acids. This mild protocol exhibits a broad substrate scope, high functional group tolerance, and exceptional control over chemo-, regio- and enantioselectivity, providing practical access to diverse valuable azidated chiral allylic esters. Mechanistic studies imply that the chiral copper complex is implicated as a bifunctional catalyst in both the photoredox catalyzed azidyl radical generation and enantioselective radical C-O cross-coupling.
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- Guo-Qing Li
- Engineering Research Center of Photoenergy Utilization for Pollution Control and Carbon Reduction, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Photoenergy Utilization for Pollution Control and Carbon Reduction, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, China
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- College of Materials, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Photoenergy Utilization for Pollution Control and Carbon Reduction, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Photoenergy Utilization for Pollution Control and Carbon Reduction, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Photoenergy Utilization for Pollution Control and Carbon Reduction, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, China
- Wuhan Institute of Photochemistry and Technology, 7 North Bingang Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430083, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Photoenergy Utilization for Pollution Control and Carbon Reduction, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, China
- Wuhan Institute of Photochemistry and Technology, 7 North Bingang Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430083, China
- Key Laboratory of Organo-Pharmaceutical Chemistry of Jiangxi Province, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 341000, China
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Kumar N, Gupta P. DFT Struggles to Predict the Energy Landscape for Iron Pyridine Diimine-Catalyzed [2 + 2] Cycloaddition of Alkenes: Insights into the Problem and Alternative Solutions. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:4114-4127. [PMID: 38659086 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c08325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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In recent years, noninnocent pyridine diimine (PDI) complexes featuring first-row transition metals have emerged as prominent catalysts, demonstrating efficacy in a diverse range of vital organometallic transformations. However, the inherent complexity of the fundamental reactivity paradigm in these systems arises from the presence of a noninnocent ligand and the multispin feasibility of 3d metals. While density functional theory (DFT) has been widely used to unravel mechanistic insights, its limitations as a single-reference method can potentially misrepresent spin-state energetics, compromising our understanding of these intricate systems. In this study, we employ extensive high-level ab initio state averaged-complete active space self-consistent field/N-electron valence state perturbation theory (SA-CASSCF/NEVPT2) calculations in combination with DFT to investigate an iron-PDI-catalyzed [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of alkenes. The transformation proceeds through two major steps: oxidative cyclization and reductive elimination. Contrary to the predictions of DFT calculations, which suggest two-state reactivity in the reaction and identify reductive elimination as the turnover-limiting step, SA-CASSCF/NEVPT2-corrected results unequivocally establish a single-state reactivity scenario with oxidative cyclization as the turnover-limiting step. SA-CASSCF/NEVPT2-based insights into electronic ground states and electron distribution elucidate the intriguing interactions between the PDI ligand and the iron center, revealing the highly multiconfigurational nature of these species and providing a precise depiction of metal-ligand cooperativity throughout the transformation. A comparative assessment of several widely recognized DFT functionals against SA-CASSCF/NEVPT2-corrected data indicates that single-point energy calculations using the modern density functional MN15 on TPSSh geometries offer the most reliable density functional methodology, in scenarios where SA-CASSCF/NEVPT2 computational cost is a consideration.
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- Nikunj Kumar
- Computational Catalysis Center, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Computational Catalysis Center, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
- Center for Sustainable Energy, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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He P, Guan MH, Hu MY, Zhou YJ, Huang MY, Zhu SF. Iron-Catalyzed Allylic C(sp 3)-H Silylation: Spin-Crossover-Efficiency-Determined Chemoselectivity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202402044. [PMID: 38469657 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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The nuanced role of spin effects remains a critical gap in designing proficient open-shell catalysts. This study elucidates an iron-catalyzed allylic C(sp3)-H silylation/alkyne hydrosilylation reaction, in which the spin state of the open-shell iron catalyst dictates the reaction kinetics and pathway. Specifically, spin crossover led to alkyne hydrosilylation, whereas spin conservation resulted in a novel allylic C(sp3)-H silylation reaction. This chemoselectivity, governed by the spin-crossover efficiency, reveals an unexpected dimension in spin effects and a first in the realm of transition-metal-catalyzed in situ silylation of allylic C(sp3)-H bonds, which had been previously inhibited by the heightened reactivity of alkenes in hydrosilylation reactions. Furthermore, this spin crossover can either accelerate or hinder the reaction at different stages within a single catalytic reaction, a phenomenon scarcely documented. Moreover, we identify a substrate-assisted C-H activation mechanism, a departure from known ligand-assisted processes, offering a fresh perspective on C-H activation strategies.
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- Peng He
- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, China
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Ren J, Sun Z, Zhao S, Huang J, Wang Y, Zhang C, Huang J, Zhang C, Zhang R, Zhang Z, Ji X, Shao Z. Enantioselective synthesis of chiral α,α-dialkyl indoles and related azoles by cobalt-catalyzed hydroalkylation and regioselectivity switch. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3783. [PMID: 38710722 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48175-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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General, catalytic and enantioselective construction of chiral α,α-dialkyl indoles represents an important yet challenging objective to be developed. Herein we describe a cobalt catalyzed enantioselective anti-Markovnikov alkene hydroalkylation via the remote stereocontrol for the synthesis of α,α-dialkyl indoles and other N-heterocycles. This asymmetric C(sp3)-C(sp3) coupling features high flexibility in introducing a diverse set of alkyl groups at the α-position of chiral N-heterocycles. The utility of this methodology has been demonstrated by late-stage functionalization of drug molecules, asymmetric synthesis of bioactive molecules, natural products and functional materials, and identification of a class of molecules exhibiting anti-apoptosis activities in UVB-irradiated HaCaT cells. Ligands play a vital role in controlling the reaction regioselectivity. Changing the ligand from bi-dentate L6 to tridentate L12 enables CoH-catalyzed Markovnikov hydroalkylation. Mechanistic studies disclose that the anti-Markovnikov hydroalkylation involves a migratory insertion process while the Markovnikov hydroalkylation involves a MHAT process.
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- Jiangtao Ren
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
- Southwest United Graduate School, 650092, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
- School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
- School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
- School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
- School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 430079, Wuhan, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China.
- School of Pharmacy, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, 650500, Kunming, China.
- Southwest United Graduate School, 650092, Kunming, China.
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Wang W, Yan X, Ye F, Zheng S, Huang G, Yuan W. Nickel/Photoredox Dual-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Aminoalkylation of Unactivated Alkyl Halides. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:23385-23394. [PMID: 37824756 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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A mild and regiodivergent aminoalkylation of unactivated alkyl halides is disclosed via a dual photoredox/nickel catalysis. Bipyridyl-type ligands without an ortho-substituent control the site-selective coupling at the original position, while ortho-disubstituted ligands tune the site-selectivity at a remote, unprefunctionalized position. Mechanistic studies combined with DFT calculations give insight into the mechanism and the origins of the ligand-controlled regioselectivity. Notably, this redox-neutral, regiodivergent alkyl-alkyl coupling features mild conditions, broad substrate scope for both alkyl coupling partners, and excellent site-selectivity and offers a straightforward way for α-alkylation of tertiary amines to synthesize structurally diverse alkylamines and value-added amino acid derivatives.
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- Wenlong Wang
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
- Shenzhen Huazhong University of Science and Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen 518000, People's Republic of China
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Hood T, Lau S, Diefenbach M, Firmstone L, Mahon M, Krewald V, Webster RL. The Complex Reactivity of [(salen)Fe] 2(μ-O) with HBpin and Its Implications in Catalysis. ACS Catal 2023; 13:11841-11850. [PMID: 37671182 PMCID: PMC10476159 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c02898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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We report a detailed study into the method of precatalyst activation during alkyne cyclotrimerization. During these studies we have prepared a homologous series of Fe(III)-μ-oxo(salen) complexes and use a range of techniques including UV-vis, reaction monitoring studies, single crystal X-ray diffraction, NMR spectroscopy, and LIFDI mass spectrometry to provide experimental evidence for the nature of the on-cycle iron catalyst. These data infer the likelihood of ligand reduction, generating an iron(salan)-boryl complex as a key on-cycle intermediate. We use DFT studies to interrogate spin states, connecting this to experimentally identified diamagnetic and paramagnetic species. The extreme conformational flexibility of the salan system appears connected to challenges associated with crystallization of likely on-cycle species.
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- Thomas
M. Hood
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom BA2 7AY
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom BA2 7AY
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- Department
of Chemistry, TU Darmstadt, Peter-Grünberg-Str. 4, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom BA2 7AY
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom BA2 7AY
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- Department
of Chemistry, TU Darmstadt, Peter-Grünberg-Str. 4, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom BA2 7AY
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Zhang YQ, Wang ZH, Li M, Liao RZ. Understanding the chemoselectivity switch in CO2 reduction catalyzed by Co and Fe complexes bearing a pentadentate N5 ligand. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mirzanejad A, Varganov SA. The role of the intermediate triplet state in iron-catalyzed multi-state C-H activation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:20721-20727. [PMID: 36018581 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02733j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Efficient activation and functionalization of the C-H bond under mild conditions are of a great interest in chemical synthesis. We investigate the previously proposed spin-accelerated activation of the C(sp2)-H bond by a Fe(II)-based catalyst to clarify the role of the intermediate triplet state in the reaction mechanism. High-level electronic structure calculations on a small model of a catalytic system utilizing the coupled cluster with the single, double, and perturbative triple excitations [CCSD(T)] are used to select the density functional for the full-size model. Our analysis indicates that the previously proposed two-state quintet-singlet reaction pathway is unlikely to be efficient due to a very weak spin-orbit coupling between these two spin states. We propose a more favorable multi-state quintet-triplet-singlet reaction pathway and discuss the importance of the intermediate triplet state. This triplet state facilitates a spin-accelerated reaction mechanism by strongly coupling to both quintet and singlet states. Our calculations show that the C-H bond activation through the proposed quintet-triplet-singlet reaction pathway is more thermodynamically favorable than the single-state quintet and two-state singlet-quintet mechanisms.
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- Amir Mirzanejad
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557-0216, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557-0216, USA.
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Chen Y, Qiu P, Sun H, Sun L, Liu Z. Mechanistic aspects of the Pd(OAc)
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= 1–3) catalyzed ethylene acetoxylation: A density functional theory study. Appl Organomet Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aoc.6860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Yamin Chen
- School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC Shanghai China
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- School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- School of Chemical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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Fang L, Gou G, Shang J, Liu M, Gu Q, Li L. Regulating the spin state of single-atom doped covalent triazine frameworks for efficient nitrogen fixation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 627:931-941. [PMID: 35901572 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.07.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs), served as a versatile platform, can form expedient metal-N single-atom coordination sites as promising catalytic centers. To seek out excellent candidate catalysts of M/CTFs (M = Transition metal) for nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), a "five-step" strategy involving spin states has been established for hierarchical high-throughput screening and reveals strong coordination ability of the CTFs, outstanding conductivity of the M/CTFs, effective adsorption and activation of N2* attributed to the electron transfer and orbital hybridization between the M/CTFs and N2*. Among the potential candidates, the Cr/CTF is screened out to be an excellent one for nitrogen fixation, which can not only inhibit hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) greatly but also has good thermodynamic stability (Eb = -4.40 eV), narrow band gap (Eg = 0.03 eV), moderate adsorption energy (Ea = -0.84 eV), large activation energy (ΔGN2* = -0.71 eV) and a theoretical Faradaic efficiency of 100%. The spin state has been confirmed to be an important descriptor of catalytic activity and the two-state reactivity (TSR) is validated to exist in the NRR. Reaction mechanism with different spin states of Cr/CTF has been demonstrated to give a great impact on the nitrogen fixation, providing solid theoretical support for the design of more efficient NRR catalysts.
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- Lei Fang
- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Australian Synchrotron (ANSTO), Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Li Y, Zhu J. Mechanistic Insight into the Ni-Catalyzed Kumada Cross-Coupling: Alkylmagnesium Halide Promotes C-F Bond Activation and Electron-Deficient Metal Center Slows Down β-H Elimination. J Org Chem 2022; 87:8902-8909. [PMID: 35762620 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The Ni-catalyzed Kumada-Tamao-Corriu (KTC) cross-coupling between aryl fluorides and alkyl Grignard reagents has been used to achieve a highly selective Csp2-Csp3 bond construction via the carbon-fluorine (C-F) bond activation. However, the detailed mechanism of this groundbreaking KTC reaction remains unclear. Herein, we perform a series of analyses by density functional theory (DFT) calculations in order to understand the reaction mechanisms for the selective activation of a highly inert C-F bond by Ni catalysts with bidentate phosphorus ligands. An alternative mechanism for Ni/Mg bimetallic cooperation C-F bond cleavage instead of a traditional oxidative addition was proposed. The push-pull interaction in the transition state provided by the Ni center and the Lewis acid of the Mg cation smoothly breaks the C-F bond, supported by the significantly decreased activation energy from 30.9 to 4.6 kcal mol-1 and principal interacting orbital analysis. Owing to the elevated lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level and the electron-deficient metal center caused by the bidentate phosphorus ligand, the β-H elimination could be impeded, increasing the selectivity of KTC cross-coupling. Our DFT results rationally explain the experimental observations, which will be helpful for further development of KTC cross-coupling.
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- Yuanyuan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Kong D, Wu H, Ge J, Shen Z, Huang G. Mechanism and Origins of Enantioselectivity of Cobalt-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroarylation/Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes with N-Pyridylindoles. J Org Chem 2022; 87:6438-6443. [PMID: 35405065 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Density functional theory calculations were performed to investigate the cobalt-catalyzed intermolecular hydroarylation/cyclization of 1,6-enynes with N-pyridylindoles. The computations reveal that the reaction begins with the oxidative cyclization of 1,6-enyne to afford the five-membered cobaltacycle, from which the metal-assisted σ-bond metathesis/C-C reductive elimination led to the final hydroarylation/cyclization product. The initial oxidative cyclization constitutes the rate-determining step of the overall reaction. The steric repulsion and π···π interaction were found to play a crucial role in dictating the experimentally observed enantioselectivity.
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- Deping Kong
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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Zhang YQ, Li YY, Maseras F, Liao RZ. Mechanism and selectivity of photocatalyzed CO 2 reduction by a function-integrated Ru catalyst. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:3747-3759. [PMID: 35168249 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03825g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The phosphine-substituted Ru(II) polypyridyl complex, [RuII-(tpy)(pqn)(MeCN)]2+ (RuP), was disclosed to be an efficient photocatalyst for the reduction of CO2 to CO with excellent selectivity. In this work, density functional calculations were performed to elucidate the reaction mechanism and understand the origin of selectivity. The calculations showed that RuP was first excited to the singlet excited state, followed by intersystem crossing to produce a triplet species (3RuIII(L˙-)-S), which was then reduced by the sacrificial electron donor BIH to generate a RuII(L˙-) intermediate. The ligand of RuII(L˙-) was further reduced to produce a RuII(L2-) intermediate. The redox non-innocent nature of the tpy and pqn ligands endows the Ru center with an oxidation state of +2 after two one-electron reductions. RuII(L2-) nucleophilically attacks CO2, in which two electrons are delivered from the ligands to CO2, affording a RuII-COOH species after protonation. This is followed by the protonation of the hydroxyl moiety of RuII-COOH, coupled with the C-O bond cleavage, resulting in the formation of RuII-CO. Ultimately, CO is dissociated after two one-electron reductions. Protonation of RuII(L2-) to generate a RuII-hydride, a critical intermediate for the production of formate and H2, turns out to be kinetically less favorable, even though it is thermodynamically more favorable. This fact is due to the presence of a Ru2+ ion in the reduced catalyst, which disfavors its protonation.
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- Ya-Qiong Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Avgda. Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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Braconi E, Cramer N. Crossed Regio‐ and Enantioselective Iron‐Catalyzed [4+2]‐Cycloadditions of Unactivated Dienes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202112148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Elena Braconi
- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC) EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC) EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Feng A, Liu Y, Yang Y, Zhu R, Zhang D. Theoretical Insight into the Mechanism and Selectivity in Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidative C(sp3)–H Methylation. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Aili Feng
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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Lewis TWR, Mastin EM, Theis ZC, Gutierrez MG, Bellert DJ. Measurement of time dependent product branching ratios indicates two-state reactivity in metal mediated chemical reactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:2300-2308. [PMID: 35015007 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05473b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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For several decades, the influence of Two State Reactivity (TSR) has been implicated in a host of reactions, but has lacked a stand-alone, definitive experimental kinetic signature identifying its occurrence. Here, we demonstrate that the measurement of a temporally dependent product branching ratio is indicative of spin inversion and is a kinetic signature of TSR. This is caused by products exiting different hypersurfaces with different rates and relative exothermicities. The composite measurement of product intensities with the same mass but with different multiplicities yield biexponential temporal dependences with the sampled product ratio changing in time. These measurements are made using the single photon initiated dissociative rearrangement reaction (SPIDRR) technique which identifies TSR but further determines the kinetic parameters for reaction along the original ground electronic surface in competition with spin inversion and its consequent TSR.
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- Tucker W R Lewis
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Darrin Bellert, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX 76798, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Darrin Bellert, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX 76798, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Darrin Bellert, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX 76798, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Darrin Bellert, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX 76798, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Darrin Bellert, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX 76798, USA
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Braconi E, Cramer N. Crossed Regio- and Enantioselective Iron-Catalyzed [4+2]-Cycloadditions of Unactivated Dienes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202112148. [PMID: 34708502 PMCID: PMC9299977 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202112148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The cyclohexene motif is ubiquitous in nature and specialty chemicals. A straightforward selective access to chiral cyclohexenes from unactivated dienes and dienophiles is not feasible by classical Diels–Alder reaction and constitutes an unsolved synthetic challenge. We report a mild and enantioselective iron‐catalyzed cross‐[4+2]‐cycloaddition of unactivated dienes providing access to chiral 1,3‐substituted vinyl‐cyclohexenes. The development of bis‐dihydroisoquinoline ligands was vital to obtain iron complexes that display high reactivities and excellent chemo‐, regio‐ and enantioselectivities towards the targeted cyclohexenes. A range of diene substrates is well accommodated including feedstocks like butadiene, isoprene and myrcene. The structures of different iron complexes are mapped by X‐ray crystallographic analysis and linked to their performance.
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- Elena Braconi
- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Mechanism and selectivity of nickel-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition of cyclopropenones and α,β-unsaturated ketones: A computational study. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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