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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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Makoś MZ, Freindorf M, Tao Y, Kraka E. Theoretical Insights into [NHC]Au(I) Catalyzed Hydroalkoxylation of Allenes: A Unified Reaction Valley Approach Study. J Org Chem 2021; 86:5714-5726. [PMID: 33780251 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hydroxylation is an effective approach for the synthesis of carbon-oxygen bonds and allylic ethers. The [NHC]Au(I) catalyzed intermolecular hydroalkoxylation of allene was studied at the DFT and Coupled Cluster level of theory. Using the Unified Reaction Valley Approach (URVA), we carry out a comprehensive mechanistic analysis of [NHC]Au(I)-catalyzed and noncatalyzed reactions. The URVA study of several possible reaction pathways reveal that the [NHC]Au(I) catalyst enables the hydroalkoxylation reaction to occur via a two step mechanism based upon the Au ability to switch between π- and σ-complexation. The first step of the mechanism involves the formation of a CO bond after the transition state with no energy penalty. Following the CO bond breakage, the OH bond breaks and CH bond forms during the second step of the mechanism, as the catalyst transforms into the more stable π-Au complex. The URVA results were complemented with local vibrational mode analysis to provide measures of intrinsic bond strength for Au(I)-allene interactions of all stationary points, and NBO analysis was applied in order to observe charge transfer events along the reaction pathway. Overall, the π-Au C═C interactions of the products are stronger than those of the reactants adding to their exothermicity. Our work on the hydroxylation of allene provides new insights for the design of effective reaction pathways to produce allylic ethers and also unravels new strategies to form C-O bonds by activation of C═C bonds.
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- Małgorzata Z Makoś
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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Exploring the Mechanism of Catalysis with the Unified Reaction Valley Approach (URVA)—A Review. Catalysts 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/catal10060691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The unified reaction valley approach (URVA) differs from mainstream mechanistic studies, as it describes a chemical reaction via the reaction path and the surrounding reaction valley on the potential energy surface from the van der Waals region to the transition state and far out into 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 molecules is registered by a change in their normal vibrational modes 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, the location of important chemical events such as bond breaking/forming, charge polarization and transfer, rehybridization, etc. A unique decomposition of the path curvature into internal coordinate components provides comprehensive insights into the origins of the chemical changes taking place. After presenting the theoretical background of URVA, we discuss its application to four diverse catalytic processes: (i) the Rh catalyzed methanol carbonylation—the Monsanto process; (ii) the Sharpless epoxidation of allylic alcohols—transition to heterogenous catalysis; (iii) Au(I) assisted [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of allyl acetate; and (iv) the Bacillus subtilis chorismate mutase catalyzed Claisen rearrangement—and show how URVA leads to a new protocol for fine-tuning of existing catalysts and the design of new efficient and eco-friendly catalysts. At the end of this article the pURVA software is introduced. The overall goal of this article is to introduce to the chemical community a new protocol for fine-tuning existing catalytic reactions while aiding in the design of modern and environmentally friendly catalysts.
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Kraka E, Zou W, Tao Y. Decoding chemical information from vibrational spectroscopy data: Local vibrational mode theory. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Elfi Kraka
- Department of Chemistry Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas USA
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- Institute of Modern Physics Northwest University and Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Theoretical Physics Frontiers, Xi'an Shaanxi PR China
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- Department of Chemistry Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas USA
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Zhao L, Pan S, Holzmann N, Schwerdtfeger P, Frenking G. Chemical Bonding and Bonding Models of Main-Group Compounds. Chem Rev 2019; 119:8781-8845. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Lili Zhao
- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Scientific Computing Department, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- The New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Massey University (Albany), 0632 Auckland, New Zealand
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P.K. 1072, 20080 Donostia, Euskadi, Spain
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New insights into Fe–H$$_{2}$$ and Fe–H$$^{-}$$ bonding of a [NiFe] hydrogenase mimic: a local vibrational mode study. Theor Chem Acc 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-019-2463-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nanayakkara S, Kraka E. A new way of studying chemical reactions: a hand-in-hand URVA and QTAIM approach. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:15007-15018. [PMID: 31241084 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01933b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bond formation and bond cleavage processes are central to a chemical reaction. They can be investigated by monitoring changes in the potential energy surface (PES) or changes in the electron density (ED) distribution ρ(r) taking place during the reaction. However, it is not yet clear how the corresponding changes in the PES and ED are related, although the connection between energy and density has been postulated in the famous Hohenberg-Kohn theorem. Our unified reaction valley approach (URVA) identifies the locations of bond formation/cleavage events along the reaction path via the reaction path curvature peaks and their decomposition into the internal coordinate components associated with the bond to be formed or cleaved. One can also investigate bond formation/cleavage events using the quantum theory of atoms-in-molecule (QTAIM) analysis by monitoring changes in the topological properties of ρ(r) and the associated Laplacian ∇2ρ(r). By a systematic comparison of these two approaches for a series of ten representative chemical reactions ranging from hydrogen migration to cycloaddition reactions and gold(i) catalysis, we could for the first time unravel the PES-ED relationship. In the case of a bond formation, all changes in the ED occur shortly before or at the corresponding curvature peak, and in a bond cleavage, the ED changes occur at or shortly after the curvature peak. In any case, the ED changes always occurred in the vicinity of the curvature peak in accordance with the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem. Our findings provide a comprehensive view on bond formation/cleavage processes seen through the eyes of both the PES and ED and offer valuable guidelines on where to search for significant ED changes associated with bond formation or cleavage events.
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- Sadisha Nanayakkara
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA.
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA.
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Freindorf M, Tao Y, Sethio D, Cremer D, Kraka E. New mechanistic insights into the Claisen rearrangement of chorismate – a Unified Reaction Valley Approach study. Mol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1530464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Marek Freindorf
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
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Shang YL, Shi JC, Fang LM, Feng QG, Wang HY, Luo SN. Theoretical Investigation on Hydrogen Abstraction by NO 2 from Symmetric Ethers (CH 3) 2 xO ( x = 1-4). J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:6829-6841. [PMID: 30080415 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b04943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hydrogen abstractions by NO2 from symmetric ethers are investigated to determine the rate constants and explore the effect of the functional group on rate constants at different reaction sites. The involved ethers are dimethyl ether (DME), diethyl ether (DEE), dipropyl ether (DPE), and dibutyl ether (DBE). The B3LYP method with a 6-31G(2df,p) basis set is employed to optimize the ground-state geometries and for frequency and intrinsic reaction coordinate calculations. The G4 method is used to calculate the electronic energies for the small ethers (DME and DEE). Given the heavy computational cost of the G4 method, the modified G4MP2 method is applied for larger ethers (DPE and DBE) and also for DME to verify the accuracy of the G4MP2 method by benchmarking with the G4 method. The high-pressure limit rate constants are calculated within the temperature range of 500-2000 K, with the asymmetrical Eckart tunneling correction as well as one-dimensional hindered rotor treatment. The calculated rate constants agree well with the literature data, and the branch ratio analysis suggests that the cis-HONO channel basically dominates the hydrogen abstraction reactions and shows a decrease at high temperatures, followed by HNO2 and trans-HONO channels; in addition, the hydrogen abstraction at the C site adjacent to the ether bond (α reaction site) accounts for most of the reactions. Furthermore, the total rate constants of the ethers are compared to those of their half-structurally alkanes, and linear Bell-Evans-Polanyi correlations are observed.
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- Y L Shang
- The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences , Chengdu , Sichuan 610031 , P. R. China
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- The Peac Institute of Multiscale Sciences , Chengdu , Sichuan 610031 , P. R. China
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Oliveira V, Kraka E, Cremer D. The intrinsic strength of the halogen bond: electrostatic and covalent contributions described by coupled cluster theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 18:33031-33046. [PMID: 27886325 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp06613e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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36 halogen-bonded complexes YXARm (X: F, Cl, Br; Y: donor group; ARm acceptor group) have been investigated at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ level of theory. Binding energies, geometries, NBO charges, charge transfer, dipole moments, electrostatic potential, electron and energy density distributions, difference density distributions, vibrational frequencies, local stretching and bending force constants, and relative bond strength orders n have been calculated and used to order the halogen bonds according to their intrinsic strength. Halogen bonding is found to arise from electrostatic and strong covalent contributions. It can be strengthened by H-bonding or lone pair delocalization. The covalent character of a halogen bond increases in the way 3c-4e (three-center-four-electron) bonding becomes possible. One can characterize halogen bonds by their percentage of 3c-4e bonding. FCl-phosphine complexes can form relatively strong halogen bonds provided electronegative substituents increase the covalent contributions in form of 3c-4e halogen bonding. Binding energies between 1 and 45 kcal mol-1 are calculated, which reflects the large variety in halogen bonding.
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- Vytor Oliveira
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA.
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA.
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rommel B. Viana
- Departamento de Química e Física Molecular, Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
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Yoshizawa T, Zou W, Cremer D. Calculations of atomic magnetic nuclear shielding constants based on the two-component normalized elimination of the small component method. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:134109. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4979499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Terutaka Yoshizawa
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA
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Yoshizawa T, Zou W, Cremer D. Calculations of electric dipole moments and static dipole polarizabilities based on the two-component normalized elimination of the small component method. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:184104. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4964765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Terutaka Yoshizawa
- Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave., Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave., Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave., Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA
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Sexton TM, Freindorf M, Kraka E, Cremer D. A Reaction Valley Investigation of the Cycloaddition of 1,3-Dipoles with the Dipolarophiles Ethene and Acetylene: Solution of a Mechanistic Puzzle. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:8400-8418. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b07975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Computational
and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational
and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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Castiñeira Reis M, López CS, Kraka E, Cremer D, Faza ON. Rational Design in Catalysis: A Mechanistic Study of β-Hydride Eliminations in Gold(I) and Gold(III) Complexes Based on Features of the Reaction Valley. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:8636-45. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University (SMU), 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University (SMU), 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Vigo, Campus As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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Sexton T, Kraka E, Cremer D. Extraordinary Mechanism of the Diels–Alder Reaction: Investigation of Stereochemistry, Charge Transfer, Charge Polarization, and Biradicaloid Formation. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:1097-111. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b11493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Thomas Sexton
- Computational
and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational
and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational
and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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Zou W, Sexton T, Kraka E, Freindorf M, Cremer D. A New Method for Describing the Mechanism of a Chemical Reaction Based on the Unified Reaction Valley Approach. J Chem Theory Comput 2016; 12:650-63. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b01098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Wenli Zou
- Computational and Theoretical
Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational and Theoretical
Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational and Theoretical
Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational and Theoretical
Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational and Theoretical
Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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López CS, Faza ON, Freindorf M, Kraka E, Cremer D. Solving the Pericyclic–Pseudopericyclic Puzzle in the Ring-Closure Reactions of 1,2,4,6-Heptatetraene Derivatives. J Org Chem 2015; 81:404-14. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Carlos Silva López
- Departamento
de Química Orgánica, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Orgánica, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Computational
and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational
and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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- Computational
and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, United States
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Zou W, Filatov M, Cremer D. Analytical energy gradient for the two-component normalized elimination of the small component method. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:214106. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4921915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Wenli Zou
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314, USA
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Cremer D, Zou W, Filatov M. Dirac‐exact relativistic methods: the normalized elimination of the small component method. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Dieter Cremer
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of ChemistrySouthern Methodist UniversityDallasTXUSA
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of ChemistrySouthern Methodist UniversityDallasTXUSA
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- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Group (CATCO), Department of ChemistrySouthern Methodist UniversityDallasTXUSA
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Freindorf M, Sexton T, Kraka E, Cremer D. The mechanism of the cycloaddition reaction of 1,3-dipole molecules with acetylene: an investigation with the unified reaction valley approach. Theor Chem Acc 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-013-1423-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Filatov M, Zou W, Cremer D. Spin-orbit coupling calculations with the two-component normalized elimination of the small component method. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:014106. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4811776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hratchian HP, Kraka E. Improved Predictor–Corrector Integrators For Evaluating Reaction Path Curvature. J Chem Theory Comput 2013; 9:1481-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ct301021y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hrant P. Hratchian
- Gaussian, Inc., 340 Quinnipiac
Street, Building 40, Wallingford, Connecticut 06492, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern
Methodist University, 3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275, United
States
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