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Towards the rational design of palladium-N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts by a combined experimental and computational approach
O'Brien, Christopher J.,Kantchev, Eric Assen B.,Chass, Gregory A.,Hadei, Niloufar,Hopkinson, Alan C.,Organ, Michael G.,Setiadi, David H.,Tang, Ting-Hua,Fang, De-Cai
, p. 9723 - 9735 (2007/10/03)
A combined experimental and computational approach towards the development of Pd-NHC catalysts is described. A range of benzimidazolylidinium ligands incorporating electron-rich and electron-poor substituents were prepared and evaluated in the Suzuki reaction. The most electron-rich ligand showed the highest catalytic activity. Based on this information, the first alkyl-alkyl Negishi cross-coupling reaction protocol was developed. Evaluation of N,N′-diaryl-(4,5-dihydro)imidazolylilidinium ligands showed a strong dependence on the steric topography around the metal centre. A computational study of the most active ligand in the Negishi reaction, its Pd(0) and PdCl 2-complexes and related structures were modelled at the B3LYP/DZVP and HF/3-21G levels of theory. The potential energy hypersurfaces flattened with increase in ligand size. Binding energies were computed for carbene/Pd(0) adducts (in the range ~31-40 kcal mol-1), roughly double that for PH3 (~16 kcal mol-1). Weak intramolecular interactions were found using AIM analyses.
Electronic nature of N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: Effect on the Suzuki reaction
Hadei, Niloufar,Kantchev, Eric Assen B.,O'Brien, Christopher J.,Organ, Michael G.
, p. 1991 - 1994 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Suzuki reactions of aryl chlorides and arylboronic acids with a range of electronically different N-heterocyclic carbene ligands derived from N,N-diadamantylbenzimidazolium salts are reported. Results indicate that an electron-rich NHC ligand enhances the rate of oxidative addition. However, reductive elimination is unchanged by the electronic nature of the supporting ligand and is primarily affected by the steric environment.
