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Steiner M, Reiher M. A human-machine interface for automatic exploration of chemical reaction networks. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3680. [PMID: 38693117 PMCID: PMC11063077 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47997-9] [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: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024] Open
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Autonomous reaction network exploration algorithms offer a systematic approach to explore mechanisms of complex chemical processes. However, the resulting reaction networks are so vast that an exploration of all potentially accessible intermediates is computationally too demanding. This renders brute-force explorations unfeasible, while explorations with completely pre-defined intermediates or hard-wired chemical constraints, such as element-specific coordination numbers, are not flexible enough for complex chemical systems. Here, we introduce a STEERING WHEEL to guide an otherwise unbiased automated exploration. The STEERING WHEEL algorithm is intuitive, generally applicable, and enables one to focus on specific regions of an emerging network. It also allows for guiding automated data generation in the context of mechanism exploration, catalyst design, and other chemical optimization challenges. The algorithm is demonstrated for reaction mechanism elucidation of transition metal catalysts. We highlight how to explore catalytic cycles in a systematic and reproducible way. The exploration objectives are fully adjustable, allowing one to harness the STEERING WHEEL for both structure-specific (accurate) calculations as well as for broad high-throughput screening of possible reaction intermediates.
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- Miguel Steiner
- ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
- ETH Zurich, NCCR Catalysis, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
- ETH Zurich, NCCR Catalysis, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Zhang X, Yan T, Hou H, Yin J, Wan H, Sun X, Zhang Q, Sun F, Wei Y, Dong M, Fan W, Wang J, Sun Y, Zhou X, Wu K, Yang Y, Li Y, Cao Z. Regioselective hydroformylation of propene catalysed by rhodium-zeolite. Nature 2024; 629:597-602. [PMID: 38658762 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07342-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Hydroformylation is an industrial process for the production of aldehydes from alkenes1,2. Regioselective hydroformylation of propene to high-value n-butanal is particularly important, owing to a wide range of bulk applications of n-butanal in the manufacture of various necessities in human daily life3. Supported rhodium (Rh) hydroformylation catalysts, which often excel in catalyst recyclability, ease of separation and adaptability for continuous-flow processes, have been greatly exploited4. Nonetheless, they usually consist of rotationally flexible and sterically unconstrained Rh hydride dicarbonyl centres, only affording limited regioselectivity to n-butanal5-8. Here we show that proper encapsulation of Rh species comprising Rh(I)-gem-dicarbonyl centres within a MEL zeolite framework allows the breaking of the above model. The optimized catalyst exhibits more than 99% regioselectivity to n-butanal and more than 99% selectivity to aldehydes at a product formation turnover frequency (TOF) of 6,500 h-1, surpassing the performance of all heterogeneous and most homogeneous catalysts developed so far. Our comprehensive studies show that the zeolite framework can act as a scaffold to steer the reaction pathway of the intermediates confined in the space between the zeolite framework and Rh centres towards the exclusive formation of n-butanal.
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- Xiangjie Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, China
- National Energy Center for Coal to Clean Fuels, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, China
- National Energy Center for Coal to Clean Fuels, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Energy Center for Coal to Clean Fuels, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
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- Institute of Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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- National Energy Center for Coal to Clean Fuels, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China.
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- National Energy Center for Coal to Clean Fuels, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of High-resolution Electron Microscopy, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, China.
- National Energy Center for Coal to Clean Fuels, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, China
- National Energy Center for Coal to Clean Fuels, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, China.
- National Energy Center for Coal to Clean Fuels, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Chen W, Shaikh I, Ahmed F, Karkoub S, AlRawashdeh M, Zhou H, Madrahimov S. Phosphine-incorporated Metal-Organic Framework for Palladium Catalyzed Heck Coupling Reaction. ChemistryOpen 2024:e202300249. [PMID: 38593358 DOI: 10.1002/open.202300249] [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: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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As an emerging material with the potential to combine the high efficiency of homogeneous catalysts and high stability and recyclability of heterogeneous catalysts, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been viewed as one of the candidates to produce catalysts of the next generation. Herein, we heterogenized the highly active mono(phosphine)-Pd complex on surface of UiO-66 MOF, as a catalyst for Suzuki and Heck cross coupling reactions. The successful immobilization of these Pd-monophosphine complexes on MOF surface to form UiO-66-PPh2-Pd was characterized and confirmed via comprehensive set of analytical methods. UiO-66-PPh2-Pd showed high activity and selectivity for both Suzuki and Heck Cross Coupling Reactions. This strategy enabled facile access to mono(phosphine) complexes which are challenging to design and require multistep synthesis in homogeneous systems, paving the way for future MOF catalysts applications by similar systems.
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- Wenmiao Chen
- Department of Science, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Education City, P.O. Box, 23874, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-3255, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Education City, P.O. Box, 23874, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Education City, P.O. Box, 23874, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Education City, P.O. Box, 23874, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Education City, P.O. Box, 23874, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-3255, United States
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- Department of Science, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Education City, P.O. Box, 23874, Doha, Qatar
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Zhang SY, Tang SB, Jiang YX, Zhu RY, Wang ZX, Long B, Su J. Mechanism of the Visible-Light-Promoted C(sp 3)-H Oxidation via Uranyl Photocatalysis. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:2418-2430. [PMID: 38264973 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Uranyl cation, as an emerging photocatalyst, has been successfully applied to synthetic chemistry in recent years and displayed remarkable catalytic ability under visible light. However, the molecular-level reaction mechanisms of uranyl photocatalysis are unclear. Here, we explore the mechanism of the stepwise benzylic C-H oxygenation of typical alkyl-substituted aromatics (i.e., toluene, ethylbenzene, and cumene) via uranyl photocatalysis using theoretical and experimental methods. Theoretical calculation results show that the most favorable reaction path for uranyl photocatalytic oxidation is as follows: first, hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) from the benzyl position to form a carbon radical ([R•]), then oxygen addition ([R•] + O2 → [ROO•]), then radical-radical combination ([ROO•] + [R•] → [ROOR] → 2[RO•]), and eventually [RO•] reduction to produce alcohols, of which 2° alcohol would further be oxidized to ketones and 1° would be stepwise-oxygenated to acids. The results of the designed verification experiments and the capture of reactive intermediates were consistent with those of theoretical calculations and the previously reported research that the active benzylic C-H would be stepwise-oxygenated in the presence of uranyl. This work deepens our understanding of the HAT mechanism of uranyl photocatalysis and provides important theoretical support for the relevant application of uranyl photocatalysts in organic transformation.
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- Shu-Yun Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang 550025, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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Kraka E, Antonio JJ, Freindorf M. Reaction mechanism - explored with the unified reaction valley approach. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:7151-7165. [PMID: 37233449 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc01576a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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One of the ultimate goals of chemistry is to understand and manipulate chemical reactions, which implies the ability to monitor the reaction and its underlying mechanism at an atomic scale. In this article, we introduce the Unified Reaction Valley Approach (URVA) as a tool for elucidating reaction mechanisms, complementing existing computational procedures. URVA combines the concept of the potential energy surface with vibrational spectroscopy and describes a chemical reaction via the reaction path and the surrounding reaction valley traced out by the reacting species on the potential energy surface on their way from the entrance to the exit channel, where the products are located. The key feature of URVA is the focus on the curving of the reaction path. Moving along the reaction path, any electronic structure change of the reacting species is registered by a change in the normal vibrational modes spanning the reaction valley and their coupling with the path, which recovers the curvature of the reaction path. This leads to a unique curvature profile for each chemical reaction, with curvature minima reflecting minimal change and curvature maxima indicating the location of important chemical events such as bond breaking/formation, charge polarization and transfer, rehybridization, etc. A decomposition of the path curvature into internal coordinate components or other coordinates of relevance for the reaction under consideration, provides comprehensive insight into the origin of the chemical changes taking place. After giving an overview of current experimental and computational efforts to gain insight into the mechanism of a chemical reaction and presenting the theoretical background of URVA, we illustrate how URVA works for three diverse processes, (i) [1,3] hydrogen transfer reactions; (ii) α-keto-amino inhibitor for SARS-CoV-2 Mpro; (iii) Rh-catalyzed cyanation. We hope that this article will inspire our computational colleagues to add URVA to their repertoire and will serve as an incubator for new reaction mechanisms to be studied in collaboration with our experimental experts in the field.
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- Elfi Kraka
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, TX 75275-0314, USA.
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, TX 75275-0314, USA.
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, TX 75275-0314, USA.
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Bruno SM, Valente AA, Gonçalves IS, Pillinger M. Group 6 carbonyl complexes of N,O,P-ligands as precursors of high-valent metal-oxo catalysts for olefin epoxidation. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Moloto BP, Vermeeren P, Tiezza MD, Bouwens T, Esterhuysen C, Hamlin TA, Bickelhaupt FM. Palladium-catalyzed activation of H nA–AH n bonds (AH n = CH 3, NH 2, OH, F). PURE APPL CHEM 2023. [DOI: 10.1515/pac-2022-1004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have quantum chemically studied activation of HnA–AHn bonds (AHn = CH3, NH2, OH, F) by PdLn catalysts with Ln = no ligand, PH3, (PH3)2, using relativistic density functional theory at ZORA-BLYP/TZ2P. The activation energy associated with the oxidative addition step decreases from H3C–CH3 to H2N–NH2 to HO–OH to F–F, where the activation of the F–F bond is barrierless. Activation strain and Kohn–Sham molecular orbital analyses reveal that the enhanced reactivity along this series of substrates originates from a combination of (i) reduced activation strain due to a weaker HnA–AHn bond; (ii) decreased Pauli repulsion as a result of a difference in steric shielding of the HnA–AHn bond; and (iii) enhanced backbonding interaction between the occupied 4d atomic orbitals of the palladium catalyst and σ* acceptor orbital of the substrate.
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- Bryan Phuti Moloto
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry , Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam , The Netherlands , URL:
- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science , Stellenbosch University , Private Bag X1 , Matieland , Stellenbosch , 7602 , South Africa
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry , Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam , The Netherlands , URL:
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry , Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam , The Netherlands , URL:
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry , Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam , The Netherlands , URL:
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science , Stellenbosch University , Private Bag X1 , Matieland , Stellenbosch , 7602 , South Africa
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry , Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam , The Netherlands , URL:
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry , Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam , The Netherlands , URL:
- Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM), Radboud University , Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen , The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical Sciences , University of Johannesburg , Auckland Park , Johannesburg 2006 , South Africa
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Wu M, Gao G, Yang C, Sun P, Li F. Highly Active Rh Catalysts with Strong π-Acceptor Phosphine-Containing Porous Organic Polymers for Alkene Hydroformylation. J Org Chem 2022; 88:5059-5068. [PMID: 36343284 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Phosphine-containing porous organic polymers (phosphine-POPs) are a kind of potential catalyst support for alkene hydroformylation. However, the synthesis of phosphine-POPs with strong π-acceptor is still a challenge. Herein, we report the synthesis of phosphine-POPs with different π-acceptor properties [POL-P(Pyr)3, CPOL-BPa&PPh3-15, and CPOL-BP&PPh3-15] and evaluated their performances as ligands to coordinate with Rh(acac)(CO)2 for hydroformylation of alkenes. We found that the Rh center with stronger π-acceptor phosphine-POPs showed better catalytic performance. Rh/CPOL-BPa&PPh3-15 with strong π-acceptor bidentate phosphoramidites showed obviously higher activity and regioselectivity (TON = 7.5 × 103, l/b = 26.1) than Rh/CPOL-BP&PPh3-15 (TON = 5.3 × 103, l/b = 5.0) with weaker π-acceptor bidentate phosphonites. Particularly, the TON of the hydroformylation reached 27.7 × 103 upon using Rh/POL-P(Pyr)3 which possessed tris(1-pyrrolyl)phosphane coordination sites. Overall, our study provides an orientation to design phosphine-POPs for hydroformylation reactions.
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- Miaojiang Wu
- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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Tetradentate square-planar acetylumbelliferone–nickel (II) complex formation: a DFT and TD-DFT study. Theor Chem Acc 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-022-02903-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hansen T, Sun X, Dalla Tiezza M, van Zeist W, van Stralen JNP, Geerke DP, Wolters LP, Poater J, Hamlin TA, Bickelhaupt FM. C−X Bond Activation by Palladium: Steric Shielding versus Steric Attraction. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201093. [PMID: 35420229 PMCID: PMC9401605 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The C−X bond activation (X = H, C) of a series of substituted C(n°)−H and C(n°)−C(m°) bonds with C(n°) and C(m°) = H3C− (methyl, 0°), CH3H2C− (primary, 1°), (CH3)2HC− (secondary, 2°), (CH3)3C− (tertiary, 3°) by palladium were investigated using relativistic dispersion‐corrected density functional theory at ZORA‐BLYP‐D3(BJ)/TZ2P. The effect of the stepwise introduction of substituents was pinpointed at the C−X bond on the bond activation process. The C(n°)−X bonds become substantially weaker going from C(0°)−X, to C(1°)−X, to C(2°)−X, to C(3°)−X because of the increasing steric repulsion between the C(n°)‐ and X‐group. Interestingly, this often does not lead to a lower barrier for the C(n°)−X bond activation. The C−H activation barrier, for example, decreases from C(0°)−X, to C(1°)−X, to C(2°)−X and then increases again for the very crowded C(3°)−X bond. For the more congested C−C bond, in contrast, the activation barrier always increases as the degree of substitution is increased. Our activation strain and matching energy decomposition analyses reveal that these differences in C−H and C−C bond activation can be traced back to the opposing interplay between steric repulsion across the C−X bond versus that between the catalyst and substrate.
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- Thomas Hansen
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry Leiden University Einsteinweg 55 2333 CC Leiden The Netherlands
- Departament de Química Inorgànicai i Orgànica & IQTCUB Universitat de Barcelona Martí i Franquès 1-11 08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Departament de Química Inorgànicai i Orgànica & IQTCUB Universitat de Barcelona Martí i Franquès 1-11 08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Departament de Química Inorgànicai i Orgànica & IQTCUB Universitat de Barcelona Martí i Franquès 1-11 08028 Barcelona Spain
- ICREA Passeig Lluís Companys 23 08010 Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM) Radboud University Heyendaalseweg 135 6525 AJ Nijmegen The Netherlands
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Moloto BP, Vermeeren P, Dalla Tiezza M, Esterhuysen C, Bickelhaupt FM, Hamlin TA. Palladium‐Catalyzed Activation of Carbon–Halogen Bonds: Electrostatics‐Controlled Reactivity. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam NETHERLANDS
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Albinati A, Grellier M, Ollivier J, Georgiev PA. On the energetics of binding and hydride exchange in the RuH 2(H 2) 2[P(C 5H 9) 3)] 2 complex as revealed by inelastic neutron scattering and DFT studies. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj02100e] [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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Low temperature quantum rotation of dihydrogen in RuH2(H2)2[P(C5H9)3)]2 switched to a facile hydride exchange above 150 K.
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- A. Albinati
- CNR – ICCOM, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, France
- Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Institute Laue-Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horovitz, BP156, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Microelectronics, The University of Sofia, J. Bourchier, 5, Sofia 1164, Bulgaria
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Siradze S, Poissonnier J, Frøseth M, Stensrød RE, Heyn RH, Thybaut JW. Kinetics Assessment of the Homogeneously Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Ethylene on an Rh Catalyst. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sébastien Siradze
- Laboratory for Chemical Technology, Ghent University, Technologiepark 125, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Chemical Technology, Ghent University, Technologiepark 125, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- SINTEF Industry, P.O. Box 124 Blindern, 0314 Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratory for Chemical Technology, Ghent University, Technologiepark 125, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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Zhang Y, Sigrist M, Dydio P. Palladium‐Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Alkenes and Alkynes. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202101020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Yang Zhang
- University of Strasbourg CNRS ISIS UMR 7006 8 allée Gaspard Monge 67000 Strasbourg France
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- University of Strasbourg CNRS ISIS UMR 7006 8 allée Gaspard Monge 67000 Strasbourg France
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- University of Strasbourg CNRS ISIS UMR 7006 8 allée Gaspard Monge 67000 Strasbourg France
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Sarkar P, Das S, Pati SK. Investigating Tetrel-Based Neutral Frustrated Lewis Pairs for Hydrogen Activation. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:15180-15189. [PMID: 34590831 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tetrel Lewis acids are a prospective alternative to commonly employed neutral boranes in frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) chemistry. While cationic tetrylium Lewis acids, being isolobal and iso(valence)electronic, are a natural replacement to boranes, neutral tetrel Lewis acids allude as less trivial options due to the absence of a formally empty p orbital on the acceptor atom. Recently, a series of intramolecular geminal FLPs (C2F5)3E-CH2-P(tBu)2 (E = Si, Ge, Sn) featuring neutral tetrel atoms as acceptor sites has been reported for activation of small molecules including H2. In this work, through density functional theory computations, we elucidate the general mechanistic picture of H2 activation by this family of FLPs. Our findings reveal that the acceptor atom derives the required Lewis acidity utilizing the antibonding orbitals of its adjacent bonds with the individual contributions depending on the identity of the acceptor and the donor atoms. By varying the identity of the Lewis acid and Lewis base sites and attached substituents, we unravel their interplay on the energetics of the H2 activation. We find that switching the donor site from P to N significantly affects the synchronous nature of the bond breaking/formations along the reaction pathway, and as a result, N-bearing FLPs have a more favorable H2 activation profile than those with P. Our results are quantitatively discussed in detail within the framework of the activation-strain model of reactivity along with the energy-decomposition analysis method. Finally, the reductive elimination decomposition route pertinent to the plausible extension of the H2 activation to catalytic hydrogenation by these FLPs is also examined.
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- Pallavi Sarkar
- Theoretical Sciences Unit, School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit, School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit, School of Advanced Materials (SAMat), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560064, India
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Rivas CE, Alvarado-Monzon JC, Gonzalez-Garcia G, Jimenez-Halla JOC, Rangel-Garcia J, Cristobal C, Lopez JA. Oxidative Coordination versus C 3 -C(O)Me Bond Cleavage in Acetylacetonate Iridium Complexes. Chemistry 2021; 27:8468-8472. [PMID: 33880825 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Iridabicycles [Ir{κ3 -N,C,O-(pyC(H)=C(C(O)Me)2 }(Cl)(L-L)](L-L=cod (cod=1,5-cyclooctadiene), 1 a; bipy (bipy=2,2'-bipyridine), 1 b) have been obtained by oxidative coordination of 3-(pyridine-2-yl-methylene)pentane-2,4-dione L1, to the complexes [{Ir(μ-Cl)(cod)}2 ] and [{Ir(μ-Cl)(coe)2 }2 ] (coe=cis-cyclooctene), the latter in the presence of bipy. Remarkably, cleavage of the C3 -C(O)Me bond of L1 has instead been achieved in the reaction with [Ir(Cl)(dmb)2 ] (dmb=2,3-dimethylbutadiene), yielding a compound formulated as [Ir{κ2 -N,C-(pyC(H)C(C(O)Me))}(CO)(μ-Cl)(Me)]2 , 2. Treatment of dimer 2 with DMSO or PMe3 produced the complexes[Ir{κ2 -N,C-(pyC(H)C(C(O)Me)}(CO)Cl(Me)L] (L=DMSO, 3 a; PMe3 , 3 b). Plausible mechanisms for the reactions leading to complexes 1 and 2 are proposed by means of DFT calculations.
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- Christopher E Rivas
- Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Noria Alta. Noria Alta s/n, Guanajuato, C.P., 36050, Gto., México
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- Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Noria Alta. Noria Alta s/n, Guanajuato, C.P., 36050, Gto., México
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- Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Noria Alta. Noria Alta s/n, Guanajuato, C.P., 36050, Gto., México
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- Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Noria Alta. Noria Alta s/n, Guanajuato, C.P., 36050, Gto., México
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- Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Noria Alta. Noria Alta s/n, Guanajuato, C.P., 36050, Gto., México
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- Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Noria Alta. Noria Alta s/n, Guanajuato, C.P., 36050, Gto., México
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- Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Noria Alta. Noria Alta s/n, Guanajuato, C.P., 36050, Gto., México
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Fan X, Zheng L, Yang Y, Dong X, Zhang X, Chung LW. A Computational Study of Asymmetric Hydrogenation of
2‐Phenyl
Acrylic Acids Catalyzed by a Rh(I) Catalyst with Ferrocenyl Chiral Bisphosphorus Ligand: The Role of
Ion‐Pair
Interaction
†. CHINESE J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202000741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Xiangru Fan
- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers, Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University Wuhan Hubei 430072 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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Nakliang P, Yoon S, Choi S. Emerging computational approaches for the study of regio- and stereoselectivity in organic synthesis. Org Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qo00531f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Computational chemistry has become important in organic synthesis as it provides a detailed understanding of molecular structures and properties and detailed reaction mechanisms.
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- Pratanphorn Nakliang
- Global AI Drug Discovery Center, College of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Global AI Drug Discovery Center, College of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Global AI Drug Discovery Center, College of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Bilanin C, Tiburcio E, Ferrando‐Soria J, Armentano D, Leyva‐Pérez A, Pardo E. Crystallographic Visualization of a Double Water Molecule Addition on a Pt
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‐MOF during the Low‐temperature Water‐Gas Shift Reaction. ChemCatChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202001492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Cristina Bilanin
- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universidad Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. 46022 València Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) Universidad de Valencia 46980 Paterna, València Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) Universidad de Valencia 46980 Paterna, València Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche Università della Calabria 87030 Rende, Cosenza Italy
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química Universidad Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. 46022 València Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) Universidad de Valencia 46980 Paterna, València Spain
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Pagar NS, Deshpande RM. Kinetics of 1‐decene hydroformylation in an aqueous biphasic medium using a water‐soluble Rh‐sulfoxantphos catalyst in the presence of a cosolvent. INT J CHEM KINET 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.21446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Nitin S. Pagar
- Homogeneous Catalysis Division CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory Pune India
- Post Graduate Department of Chemistry Sir Parshurambhau College Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune India
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- Homogeneous Catalysis Division CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory Pune India
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Roglans A, Pla-Quintana A, Solà M. Mechanistic Studies of Transition-Metal-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions. Chem Rev 2020; 121:1894-1979. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Anna Roglans
- Institut de Quı́mica Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de Quı́mica, Universitat de Girona, C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, E-17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Quı́mica Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de Quı́mica, Universitat de Girona, C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, E-17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Quı́mica Computacional i Catàlisi (IQCC) and Departament de Quı́mica, Universitat de Girona, C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, E-17003, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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Li P, Shen C, Min J, Mei JY, Zheng H, He L, Tian X. Computational investigation of the ligand effect on the chemo/regioselectivity and reactivity of cobalt-catalysed hydroformylation. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy02562f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The ligand effect on the chemo/regioselectivity and reactivity of cobalt-catalysed hydroformylation has been discussed.
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- Pan Li
- Institute of Molecular Science
- Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province
- Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation
- Suzhou Research Institute of LICP
- Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lanzhou 730000
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Science
- Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province
- Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Science
- Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province
- Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation
- Suzhou Research Institute of LICP
- Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lanzhou 730000
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation
- Suzhou Research Institute of LICP
- Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lanzhou 730000
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Science
- Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province
- Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- P. R. China
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House JE. Coordination compounds in catalysis. Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-814369-8.00022-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lauricella M, Chiodo L, Ciccotti G, Albinati A. Ab initio accelerated molecular dynamics study of the hydride ligands in the ruthenium complex: Ru(H 2) 2H 2(P(C 5H 9) 3) 2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:25247-25257. [PMID: 31697300 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03776d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The dihydrogen complex Ru(H2)2H2(P(C5H9)3)2 has been investigated, via ab initio accelerated molecular dynamics, to elucidate the H ligands dynamics and possible reaction paths for H2/H exchange. We have characterized the free energy landscape associated with the H atoms positional exchange around the Ru centre. From the free energy landscape, we have been able to estimate a barrier of 6 kcal mol-1 for the H2/H exchange process. We have also observed a trihydrogen intermediate as a passing state along some of the possible reaction pathways.
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- Marco Lauricella
- Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo IAC-CNR, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Engineering, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Álvaro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.
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- Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo IAC-CNR, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185, Rome, Italy and Physics Department, University of Rome La Sapienza, Ple. A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy and School of Physics, University College of Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Chemistry Department, Milan University, Via C. Golgi 19, 20133, Milan, Italy
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Shiekh BA. Hierarchy of Commonly Used DFT Methods for Predicting the Thermochemistry of Rh-Mediated Chemical Transformations. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:15435-15443. [PMID: 31572844 PMCID: PMC6761679 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b01563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The accuracy and reliability of 17 commonly used density functionals in conjunction with Poisson-Boltzmann finite solvation model were gauged for predicting the free energy of Rh(I)- and Rh(III)-mediated chemical transformations such as ligand exchange, hydride elimination, dihydrogen elimination, chloride affinity, and silyl hydride bond activation reactions. In total, six Rh-mediated reactions were examined, and the computed density functional theory results were then subjected to comparison with the experimentally reported values. For reaction A, involving replacement of N2 with η2-H2 over Rh(I), MPWB1K-D3, B3PW91, B3LYP, and BHandHYLP emerged to be the best functionals of all the tested methods in terms of their deviations ≤2 kcal mol-1 from experimental data. For reaction B, in which exchange of η2-C2H4 with N2 over Rh(I) takes place, MPWB1K-D3 and M06-2X-D3 functionals performed the best, while as for reaction C (hydride elimination reaction in Rh(III) complex), it is PBE functional that showed impressive performance. Similarly, for reaction D (H2 elimination reaction in Rh(III) complex), PBE0-D3 and PBE-D3 showed exceptional results compared to other functionals. For reaction E (H2O/Cl- exchange), the PBE0 again shows impressive performance as compared to other functionals. For reaction F (Si-H activation), M06-2X-D3, PBE0-D3, and MPWB1K-D3 functionals are undoubtedly the best functionals. Overall, PBE0-D3 and MPWB1K-D3 functionals were impressive in all cases with lowest mean unsigned errors (3.2 and 3.4 kcal mol-1, respectively) with respect to experimental Gibbs free energies. Thus, these two functionals are recommended for studying Rh-mediated chemical transformations.
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Li Y, Liu J, Huang X, Qu LB, Zhao C, Langer R, Ke Z. Lewis Acid Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogen Activation: Structures, Mechanisms, and Reactivities. Chemistry 2019; 25:13785-13798. [PMID: 31390099 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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As a new type of bifunctional catalyst, the Lewis acid transition-metal (LA-TM) catalysts have been widely applied for hydrogen activation. This study presents a mechanistic framework to understand the LA-TM-catalyzed H2 activation through DFT studies. The mer(trans)-homolytic cleavage, the fac(cis)-homolytic cleavage, the synergetic heterolytic cleavage, and the dissociative heterolytic cleavage should be taken as general mechanisms for the field of LA-TM catalysis. Four typical LA-TM catalysts, the Z-type κ4 -L3 B-Rh complex tri(azaindolyl)borane-Rh, the X-type κ3 -L2 B-Co complex bis-phosphino-boryl (PBP)-Co, the η2 -BC-type κ3 -L2 B-Pd complex diphosphine-borane (DPB)-Pd, and the Z-type κ2 -LB-Pt complex (boryl)iminomethane (BIM)-Pt are selected as representative models to systematically illustrate their mechanistic features and explore the influencing factors on mechanistic variations. Our results indicate that the tri(azaindolyl)borane-Rh catalyst favors the synergetic heterolytic mechanism; the PBP-Co catalyst prefers the mer(trans)-homolytic mechanism; the DPB-Pd catalyst operates through the fac(cis)-homolytic mechanism, whereas the BIM-Pt catalyst tends to undergo the dissociative heterolytic mechanism. The mechanistic variations are determined by the coordination geometry, the LA-TM bonding nature, the electronic structure of the TM center, and the flexibility or steric effect of the LA ligands. The presented mechanistic framework should provide helpful guidelines for LA-TM catalyst design and reaction developments.
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- Yinwu Li
- School of Materials Science & Engineering, PCFM Lab, Department of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, PCFM Lab, Department of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, PCFM Lab, Department of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, PCFM Lab, Department of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Str., 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, PCFM Lab, Department of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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Gummidi L, Kerru N, Ibeji CU, Singh P. Crystal structure and DFT studies of (E)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(1H-indol-1-yl)-4-styrylazetidin-2-one. J Mol Struct 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.03.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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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: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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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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- 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
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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
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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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Reshi NUD, Kathuria L, Samuelson AG. Reduction of imines catalysed by NHC substituted group 6 metal carbonyls. Inorganica Chim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2018.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Dahy AA, Koga N. Imine hydrosilylation using an iron complex catalyst: A computational study. J Comput Chem 2019; 40:62-71. [PMID: 30351480 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The reaction mechanism for imine hydrosilylation in the presence of an iron methyl complex and hydrosilane was studied using density functional theory at the M06/6-311G(d,p) level of theory. Benzylidenemethylamine (PhCH = NMe) and trimethylhydrosilane (HSiMe3 ) were employed as the model imine and hydrosilane, respectively. Hydrosilylation has been experimentally proposed to occur in two stages. In the first stage, the active catalyst (CpFe(CO)SiMe3 , 1) is formed from the reaction of pre-catalyst, CpFe(CO)2 Me, and hydrosilane through CO migratory insertion into the FeMe bond and the reaction of the resulting acetyl complex intermediate with hydrosilane. In the second stage, 1 catalyzes the reaction of imine with hydrosilane. Calculations for the first stage showed that the most favorable pathway for CO insertion involved a spin state change, that is, two-state reactivity mechanism through a triplet state intermediate, and the acetyl complex reaction with HSiMe3 follows a σ-bond metathesis pathway. The calculations also showed that, in the catalytic cycle, the imine coordinates to 1 to form an FeCN three-membered ring intermediate accompanied by silyl group migration. This intermediate then reacts with HSiMe3 to yield the hydrosilylated product through a σ-bond metathesis and regenerate 1. The rate-determining step in the catalytic cycle was the coordination of HSiMe3 to the three-membered ring intermediate, with an activation energy of 23.1 kcal/mol. Imine hydrosilylation in the absence of an iron complex through a [2 + 2] cycloaddition mechanism requires much higher activation energies. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- AbdelRahman A Dahy
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt.,Department of Complex Systems Science, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Complex Systems Science, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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Cheng GJ, Zhong XM, Wu YD, Zhang X. Mechanistic understanding of catalysis by combining mass spectrometry and computation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:12749-12764. [PMID: 31560354 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05458h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The combination of mass spectrometry and computational chemistry has been proven to be powerful for exploring reaction mechanisms. The former provides information of reaction intermediates, while the latter gives detailed reaction energy profiles.
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- Gui-Juan Cheng
- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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Wang J, Wang MY, Yin G, Jia R, Wang J, Eglitis RI, Zhang HX. Nickel-catalyzed carboxylation of aryl zinc reagent with CO2: A theoretical and experimental study. J CO2 UTIL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2018.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Bernales V, Froese RD. Rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of olefins. J Comput Chem 2018; 40:342-348. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Revised: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Herrmann N, Vogelsang D, Behr A, Seidensticker T. Homogeneously Catalyzed 1,3‐Diene Functionalization – A Success Story from Laboratory to Miniplant Scale. ChemCatChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201801362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Norman Herrmann
- Lehrstuhl Technische Chemie Fakultät Bio- und ChemieingenieurwesenTechnische Universität Dortmund Emil-Figge-Straße 66 Dortmund 44227 Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Technische Chemie Fakultät Bio- und ChemieingenieurwesenTechnische Universität Dortmund Emil-Figge-Straße 66 Dortmund 44227 Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Technische Chemie Fakultät Bio- und ChemieingenieurwesenTechnische Universität Dortmund Emil-Figge-Straße 66 Dortmund 44227 Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Technische Chemie Fakultät Bio- und ChemieingenieurwesenTechnische Universität Dortmund Emil-Figge-Straße 66 Dortmund 44227 Germany
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Zhang T, Zhang X, Chung LW. Computational Insights into the Reaction Mechanisms of Nickel-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalizations and Nickel-Dependent Enzymes. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201700645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Tonghuan Zhang
- Department of Chemistry; South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTech); Shenzhen 518055 China
- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design; Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics; Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry; South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTech); Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry; South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTech); Shenzhen 518055 China
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Yu Y, Yu H, Kang X, Wang X, Yang J, Qu J, Luo Y. H–H and N–H Bond Cleavages of Dihydrogen and Ammonia by a Bifunctional Imido (NH)-Bridged Diiridium Complex: A DFT Study. Organometallics 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yang Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine
Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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Hu L, Chen K, Chen H. Modeling σ-Bond Activations by Nickel(0) Beyond Common Approximations: How Accurately Can We Describe Closed-Shell Oxidative Addition Reactions Mediated by Low-Valent Late 3d Transition Metal? J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:4841-4853. [PMID: 28881134 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Accurate modelings of reactions involving 3d transition metals (TMs) are very challenging to both ab initio and DFT approaches. To gain more knowledge in this field, we herein explored typical σ-bond activations of H-H, C-H, C-Cl, and C-C bonds promoted by nickel(0), a low-valent late 3d TM. For the key parameters of activation energy (ΔE‡) and reaction energy (ΔER) for these reactions, various issues related to the computational accuracy were systematically investigated. From the scrutiny of convergence issue with one-electron basis set, augmented (A) basis functions are found to be important, and the CCSD(T)/CBS level with complete basis set (CBS) limit extrapolation based on augmented double-ζ and triple-ζ basis pair (ADZ and ATZ), which produces deviations below 1 kcal/mol from the reference, is recommended for larger systems. As an alternative, the explicitly correlated F12 method can accelerate the basis set convergence further, especially after its CBS extrapolations. Thus, the CCSD(T)-F12/CBS(ADZ-ATZ) level with computational cost comparable to the conventional CCSD(T)/CBS(ADZ-ATZ) level, is found to reach the accuracy of the conventional CCSD(T)/A5Z level, which produces deviations below 0.5 kcal/mol from the reference, and is also highly recommendable. Scalar relativistic effects and 3s3p core-valence correlation are non-negligible for achieving chemical accuracy of around 1 kcal/mol. From the scrutiny of convergence issue with the N-electron basis set, in comparison with the reference CCSDTQ result, CCSD(T) is found to be able to calculate ΔE‡ quite accurately, which is not true for the ΔER calculations. Using highest-level CCSD(T) results of ΔE‡ in this work as references, we tested 18 DFT methods and found that PBE0 and CAM-B3LYP are among the three best performing functionals, irrespective of DFT empirical dispersion correction. With empirical dispersion correction included, ωB97XD is also recommendable due to its improved performance.
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- Lianrui Hu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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Wang Y, Kostenko A, Yao S, Driess M. Divalent Silicon-Assisted Activation of Dihydrogen in a Bis(N-heterocyclic silylene)xanthene Nickel(0) Complex for Efficient Catalytic Hydrogenation of Olefins. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:13499-13506. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yuwen Wang
- Metalorganics and Inorganic
Materials, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Metalorganics and Inorganic
Materials, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Metalorganics and Inorganic
Materials, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Metalorganics and Inorganic
Materials, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Varela JA, Vázquez SA, Martínez-Núñez E. An automated method to find reaction mechanisms and solve the kinetics in organometallic catalysis. Chem Sci 2017; 8:3843-3851. [PMID: 28966776 PMCID: PMC5577717 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc00549k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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A novel computational method is proposed in this work for use in discovering reaction mechanisms and solving the kinetics of transition metal-catalyzed reactions. The method does not rely on either chemical intuition or assumed a priori mechanisms, and it works in a fully automated fashion. Its core is a procedure, recently developed by one of the authors, that combines accelerated direct dynamics with an efficient geometry-based post-processing algorithm to find transition states (Martinez-Nunez, E., J. Comput. Chem.2015, 36, 222-234). In the present work, several auxiliary tools have been added to deal with the specific features of transition metal catalytic reactions. As a test case, we chose the cobalt-catalyzed hydroformylation of ethylene because of its well-established mechanism, and the fact that it has already been used in previous automated computational studies. Besides the generally accepted mechanism of Heck and Breslow, several side reactions, such as hydrogenation of the alkene, emerged from our calculations. Additionally, the calculated rate law for the hydroformylation reaction agrees reasonably well with those obtained in previous experimental and theoretical studies.
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- J A Varela
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) , Departamento de Química Orgánica , Universidad de Santiago de Compostela , 15782 Santiago de Compostela , Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) , Departamento de Química Física , Universidad de Santiago de Compostela , 15782 Santiago de Compostela , Spain .
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) , Departamento de Química Física , Universidad de Santiago de Compostela , 15782 Santiago de Compostela , Spain .
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Metal ions play significant roles in numerous fields including chemistry, geochemistry, biochemistry, and materials science. With computational tools increasingly becoming important in chemical research, methods have emerged to effectively face the challenge of modeling metal ions in the gas, aqueous, and solid phases. Herein, we review both quantum and classical modeling strategies for metal ion-containing systems that have been developed over the past few decades. This Review focuses on classical metal ion modeling based on unpolarized models (including the nonbonded, bonded, cationic dummy atom, and combined models), polarizable models (e.g., the fluctuating charge, Drude oscillator, and the induced dipole models), the angular overlap model, and valence bond-based models. Quantum mechanical studies of metal ion-containing systems at the semiempirical, ab initio, and density functional levels of theory are reviewed as well with a particular focus on how these methods inform classical modeling efforts. Finally, conclusions and future prospects and directions are offered that will further enhance the classical modeling of metal ion-containing systems.
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Cyber-Enabled Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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Zhang J, Lin J, Li Y, Shao Y, Huang X, Zhao C, Ke Z. The effect of auxiliary ligand on the mechanism and reactivity: DFT study on H2 activation by Lewis acid–transition metal complex (tris(phosphino)borane)Fe(L). Catal Sci Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cy01217a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The crucial role of the auxiliary ligand in hydrogen activation is revealed by DFT studies for the LA–TM ferraboratrane complex.
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- Jianyu Zhang
- School of Materials Science & Engineering
- PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering
- PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering
- PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering
- PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering
- PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering
- PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering
- PCFM Lab, School of Chemistry
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Guangzhou 510275
- P. R. China
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Tokmic K, Markus CR, Zhu L, Fout AR. Well-Defined Cobalt(I) Dihydrogen Catalyst: Experimental Evidence for a Co(I)/Co(III) Redox Process in Olefin Hydrogenation. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:11907-13. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b07066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Kenan Tokmic
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Chen X, Yang X. Mechanistic Insights and Computational Design of Transition-Metal Catalysts for Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Reactions. CHEM REC 2016; 16:2364-2378. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201600049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Xiangyang Chen
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species; Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 P.R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species; Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 P.R. China
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Maeda S, Harabuchi Y, Takagi M, Taketsugu T, Morokuma K. Artificial Force Induced Reaction (AFIR) Method for Exploring Quantum Chemical Potential Energy Surfaces. CHEM REC 2016; 16:2232-2248. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201600043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Satoshi Maeda
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-8628 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University; Kyoto 606-8103 Japan
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Rh chemistry through the eyes of theory. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Coombs JR, Morken JP. Catalytic Enantioselective Functionalization of Unactivated Terminal Alkenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:2636-49. [PMID: 26764019 PMCID: PMC4913282 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Terminal alkenes are readily available functional groups which appear in α-olefins produced by the chemical industry, and they appear in the products of many contemporary synthetic reactions. While the organic transformations that apply to alkenes are amongst the most studied reactions in all of chemical synthesis, the number of reactions that apply to nonactivated terminal alkenes in a catalytic enantioselective fashion is small in number. This Minireview highlights the cases where stereocontrol in catalytic reactions of 1-alkenes is high enough to be useful for asymmetric synthesis.
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- John R Coombs
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Research Labs, 2609 Beacon St., Chesnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Research Labs, 2609 Beacon St., Chesnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.
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Li Y, Hou C, Jiang J, Zhang Z, Zhao C, Page AJ, Ke Z. General H2 Activation Modes for Lewis Acid–Transition Metal Bifunctional Catalysts. ACS Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b02395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Yinwu Li
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
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- Newcastle
Institute for Energy and Resources, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, NSW, Australia
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
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Coombs JR, Morken JP. Katalytische enantioselektive Funktionalisierung von nichtaktivierten terminalen Alkenen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201507151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- John R. Coombs
- Department of Chemistry; Boston College, Merkert Research Labs; 2609 Beacon St. Chesnut Hill MA 02467 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; Boston College, Merkert Research Labs; 2609 Beacon St. Chesnut Hill MA 02467 USA
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Kefalidis CE, Castro L, Perrin L, Rosal ID, Maron L. New perspectives in organolanthanide chemistry from redox to bond metathesis: insights from theory. Chem Soc Rev 2016; 45:2516-43. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00907c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A fifteen year contribution of computational studies carried out in close synergy with experiments is summarized.
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