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The Origin of Stereoselectivity in the Hydrogenation of Oximes Catalyzed by Iridium Complexes: A DFT Mechanistic Study. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27238349. [PMID: 36500448 PMCID: PMC9737400 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Herein the reaction mechanism and the origin of stereoselectivity of asymmetric hydrogenation of oximes to hydroxylamines catalyzed by the cyclometalated iridium (III) complexes with chiral substituted single cyclopentadienyl ligands (Ir catalysts A1 and B1) under acidic condition were unveiled using DFT calculations. The catalytic cycle for this reaction consists of the dihydrogen activation step and the hydride transfer step. The calculated results indicate that the hydride transfer step is the chirality-determining step and the involvement of methanesulfonate anion (MsO-) in this reaction is of importance in the asymmetric hydrogenation of oximes catalyzed by A1 and B1. The calculated energy barriers for the hydride transfer steps without an MsO- anion are higher than those with an MsO- anion. The differences in Gibbs free energies between TSA5-1fR/TSA5-1fS and TSB5-1fR/TSB5-1fS are 13.8/13.2 (ΔΔG‡ = 0.6 kcal/mol) and 7.5/5.6 (ΔΔG‡ = 1.9 kcal/mol) kcal/mol for the hydride transfer step of substrate protonated oximes with E configuration (E-2a-H+) with MsO- anion to chiral hydroxylamines product R-3a/S-3a catalyzed by A1 and B1, respectively. According to the Curtin-Hammet principle, the major products are hydroxylamines S-3a for the reaction catalyzed by A1 and B1, which agrees well with the experimental results. This is due to the non-covalent interactions among the protonated substrate, MsO- anion and catalytic species. The hydrogen bond could not only stabilize the catalytic species, but also change the preference of stereoselectivity of this reaction.
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Zhao Y, Zhang L, Tang Y, Pu M, Lei M. A theoretical study of asymmetric ketone hydrogenation catalyzed by Mn complexes: from the catalytic mechanism to the catalyst design. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:13365-13375. [PMID: 35608221 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00818a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Herein, a density functional theory (DFT) study was performed to investigate asymmetric ketone hydrogenation (AKH) catalyzed by Mn complexes, from the catalytic mechanism to the catalyst design. The calculated results indicated that the Mn(CO)2-PSiNSiP (A1, PSiNSiP = P(Ph)2Si(CH3)2NSi(CH3)2P(Ph)2) pincer complex has potential high catalytic activity for ketone hydrogenation. The Mn(CO)-LYB (B, LYB = P(Ph)2Si(CH3)2NSi(CH3)2P(Me)2) pincer complex was then designed to catalyze AKH with good stereoselectivity. The hydrogen transfer (HT) step is the chirality-determining step. To avoid the enantiomer of Mn(CO)2-LYB, which could eliminate the high stereoselectivity during AKH, novel Mn complexes with quadridentate ligands, such as Mn(CO)-LYC (C, LYC = P(CH3)2CH2Si(CH3)NSi(CH3)(Si(CH3)CH2P(CH3)2)CH2P(Ph)2) and Mn(CO)-LYD (D, LYD = P(CH3)2CH2Si(CH3)NSi(CH3)(Si(CH3)CH2P(CH3)2)CH2P(Cy)2), were designed to drive AKH with medium stereoselectivity. In order to increase the stereoselectivity of AKH, Mn(CO)-LYE (E, LYE = PH2CH2Si(CH3)NSi(CH3)(Si(CH3)CH2P(CH3)2)CH2P(Ph)2) and Mn(CO)-LYF (F, LYF = PH2CH2Si(CH3)NSi(CH3)(Si(CH3)CH2P(CH3)2)CH2P(Cy)2) were further designed and showed very good stereoselectivity, which is due to the lower deformation energy and stronger interactions between the ketone substrates and catalysts. This work may shed light on the design of cheap metal catalysts with a new ligand framework for the asymmetric hydrogenation (AH) of CX bonds (X = O, N).
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- Yaqi Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China. .,School of Materials Design and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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Zhang L, Zhao Y, Liu C, Pu M, Lei M, Cao Z. Hydroboration of CO 2 to Methyl Boronate Catalyzed by a Manganese Pincer Complex: Insights into the Reaction Mechanism and Ligand Effect. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:5616-5625. [PMID: 35357141 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The conversion of carbon dioxide to fuels, polymers, and chemicals is an attractive strategy for the synthesis of high-value-added products and energy-storage materials. Herein, the density functional theory method was employed to investigate the reaction mechanism of CO2 hydroboration catalyzed by manganese pincer complex, [Mn(Ph2PCH2SiMe2)2NH(CO)2Br]. The carbonyl association and carbonyl dissociation mechanisms were investigated, and the calculated results showed that the carbonyl association mechanism is more favorable with an energetic span of 27.0 kcal/mol. Meanwhile, the solvent effect of the reaction was explored, indicating that the solvents could reduce the catalytic activity of the catalyst, which was consistent with the experimental results. In addition, the X ligand effect (X = CO, Br, H, PH3) on the catalytic activity of the manganese complex was explored, indicating that the anionic complexes [MnI - Br]- and [MnI - H]- have higher catalytic activity. This may not only shed light on the fixation and conversion of CO2 catalyzed by earth-abundant transition-metal complexes but also provide theoretical insights to design new transition-metal catalysts.
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- Lin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 360015, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 360015, China
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Li Z, Zhang H, Tan T, Lei M. The mechanism of direct reductive amination of aldehyde and amine with formic acid catalyzed by boron trifluoride complexes: insights from a DFT study. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cy00967f] [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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A volcano diagram of BF3 catalytic species and their activities was proposed for the DRA of aldehyde and amine with formic acid.
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- Zhewei Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Institute of Computational Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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