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SUBMITTER: Wang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7221593 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20200420 8
Density functional theory calculations reveal a formic acid-assisted proton transfer mechanism for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of pyruvic acid catalyzed by a chiral Fe complex, FeH[(<i>R</i>,<i>R</i>)-BESNCH(Ph)CH(Ph)NH<sub>2</sub>](<i>η</i><sup>6</sup>-<i>p</i>-cymene), with formic acid as the hydrogen provider. The rate-determining step is the hydride transfer from formate anion to Fe for the formation and dissociation of CO<sub>2</sub> with a total free energy barrier of 28.0 kcal mol<s ...[more]