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Title: First principles (DFT) characterization of RhI/dppp-catalyzed C-H activation by tandem 1,2-addition/1,4-Rh shift reactions of norbornene to phenylboronic acid
Authors: Kantchev , Eric Assen B.
Pangestu, Surya R.
Zhou, Feng
Sullivan, Michael B.
Su, Hai-Bin
Keywords: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry
Issue Date: 2014
Source: Kantchev , E. A. B., Pangestu, S. R., Zhou, F., Sullivan, M. B., & Su, H.-B. (2014). First principles (DFT) characterization of RhI/dppp-catalyzed C-H activation by tandem 1,2-addition/1,4-Rh shift reactions of norbornene to phenylboronic acid. Chemistry - A European journal, 20(47), 15625-15634.
Series/Report no.: Chemistry - A European journal
Abstract: The C-H activation in the tandem, “merry-go-round”, [(dppp)Rh]-catalyzed (dppp=1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane), four-fold addition of norborene to PhB(OH)2 has been postulated to occur by a C(alkyl)-H oxidative addition to square-pyramidal RhIII-H species, which in turn undergoes a C(aryl)-H reductive elimination. Our DFT calculations confirm the RhI/RhIII mechanism. At the IEFPCM(toluene, 373.15 K)/PBE0/DGDZVP level of theory, the oxidative addition barrier was calculated to be 12.9 kcal mol−1, and that of reductive elimination was 5.0 kcal mol−1. The observed selectivity of the reaction correlates well with the relative energy barriers of the cycle steps. The higher barrier (20.9 kcal mol−1) for norbornyl–Rh protonation ensures that the reaction is steered towards the 1,4-shift (total barrier of 16.3 kcal mol−1), acting as an equilibration shuttle. The carborhodation (13.2 kcal mol−1) proceeds through a lower barrier than the protonation (16.7 kcal mol−1) of the rearranged aryl–Rh species in the absence of o- or m-substituents, ensuring multiple carborhodations take place. However, for 2,5-dimethylphenyl, which was used as a model substrate, the barrier for carborhodation is increased to 19.4 kcal mol−1, explaining the observed termination of the reaction at 1,2,3,4-tetra(exo-norborn-2-yl)benzene. Finally, calculations with (Z)-2-butene gave a carborhodation barrier of 20.2 kcal mol−1, suggesting that carborhodation of non-strained, open-chain substrates would be disfavored relative to protonation.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103155
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24442
ISSN: 0947-6539
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402988
Schools: School of Materials Science & Engineering 
Rights: © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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