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A computational mapping of the R–NHC coupling pathway – the key process in the evolution of Pd/NHC catalytic systems Full article

Journal Mendeleev Communications
ISSN: 1364-551X , E-ISSN: 0959-9436
Output data Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Number: 5, Pages: 571-575 Pages count : 5 DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2022.09.001
Authors Kostyukovich Alexander Yu. 1 , Gordeev Evgeniy G. 1 , Ananikov Valentine P. 1
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1 N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract: C–C coupling reactions are of great importance in metal-catalyzed synthetic transformations. Reductive elimination of two carbon centers is the key stage, which takes place in the metal coordination sphere. In the present study, we provide a detailed analysis of nonclassical R–NHC coupling in the model (NHC)Pdii(Ph)(X)(Solv) complex, which is a representative intermediate of the Mizoroki–Heck and cross-coupling reactions. This C–C bond formation stage proceeds as Ph ligand movement and insertion into the Pd–NHC bond, rather than classical C–C coupling. Based on the analysis by the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) of the reaction path structures, the atomic rearrangements and alterations in the electronic system during the R–NHC coupling process were characterized in detail.
Cite: Kostyukovich A.Y. , Gordeev E.G. , Ananikov V.P.
A computational mapping of the R–NHC coupling pathway – the key process in the evolution of Pd/NHC catalytic systems
Mendeleev Communications. 2022. V.32. N5. P.571-575. DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2022.09.001 WOS Scopus OpenAlex
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Web of science: WOS:000874166100001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85139364777
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