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How Dihalogens Catalyze Michael Addition Reactions.


ABSTRACT: We have quantum chemically analyzed the catalytic effect of dihalogen molecules (X2 =F2 , Cl2 , Br2 , and I2 ) on the aza-Michael addition of pyrrolidine and methyl acrylate using relativistic density functional theory and coupled-cluster theory. Our state-of-the-art computations reveal that activation barriers systematically decrease as one goes to heavier dihalogens, from 9.4?kcal?mol-1 for F2 to 5.7?kcal?mol-1 for I2 . Activation strain and bonding analyses identify an unexpected physical factor that controls the computed reactivity trends, namely, Pauli repulsion between the nucleophile and Michael acceptor. Thus, dihalogens do not accelerate Michael additions by the commonly accepted mechanism of an enhanced donor-acceptor [HOMO(nucleophile)-LUMO(Michael acceptor)] interaction, but instead through a diminished Pauli repulsion between the lone-pair of the nucleophile and the Michael acceptor's ?-electron system.

SUBMITTER: Hamlin TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6617756 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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How Dihalogens Catalyze Michael Addition Reactions.

Hamlin Trevor A TA   Fernández Israel I   Bickelhaupt F Matthias FM  

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20190524 26


We have quantum chemically analyzed the catalytic effect of dihalogen molecules (X<sub>2</sub> =F<sub>2</sub> , Cl<sub>2</sub> , Br<sub>2</sub> , and I<sub>2</sub> ) on the aza-Michael addition of pyrrolidine and methyl acrylate using relativistic density functional theory and coupled-cluster theory. Our state-of-the-art computations reveal that activation barriers systematically decrease as one goes to heavier dihalogens, from 9.4 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup> for F<sub>2</sub> to 5.7 kcal mol<sup>-1</  ...[more]

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