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Remmerswaal WA, de Jong T, van de Vrande KNA, Louwersheimer R, Verwaal T, Filippov DV, Codée JDC, Hansen T. Backside versus Frontside S N2 Reactions of Alkyl Triflates and Alcohols. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400590. [PMID: 38385647 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
Abstract
Nucleophilic substitution reactions are elementary reactions in organic chemistry that are used in many synthetic routes. By quantum chemical methods, we have investigated the intrinsic competition between the backside SN2 (SN2-b) and frontside SN2 (SN2-f) pathways using a set of simple alkyl triflates as the electrophile in combination with a systematic series of phenols and partially fluorinated ethanol nucleophiles. It is revealed how and why the well-established mechanistic preference for the SN2-b pathway slowly erodes and can even be overruled by the unusual SN2-f substitution mechanism going from strong to weak alcohol nucleophiles. Activation strain analyses disclose that the SN2-b pathway is favored for strong alcohol nucleophiles because of the well-known intrinsically more efficient approach to the electrophile resulting in a more stabilizing nucleophile-electrophile interaction. In contrast, the preference of weaker alcohol nucleophiles shifts to the SN2-f pathway, benefiting from a stabilizing hydrogen bond interaction between the incoming alcohol and the leaving group. This hydrogen bond interaction is strengthened by the increased acidity of the weaker alcohol nucleophiles, thereby steering the mechanistic preference toward the frontside SN2 pathway.
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- Wouter A Remmerswaal
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The, Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The, Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The, Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The, Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The, Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The, Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The, Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The, Netherlands
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, AIMMS, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The, Netherlands
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Rodrigues Silva D, Blokker E, van der Schuur JM, Hamlin TA, Bickelhaupt FM. Nature and strength of group-14 A-A' bonds. Chem Sci 2024; 15:1648-1656. [PMID: 38303946 PMCID: PMC10829027 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06215e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
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We have quantum chemically investigated the nature and stability of C-C and Si-Si bonds in R3A-AR3 (A = C, Si; R3 = H3, Me3, Me2Ph, MePh2, Ph3, t-Bu3) using density functional theory (DFT). Systematic increase of steric bulk of the substituents R has opposite effects on C-C and Si-Si bonds: the former becomes weaker whereas the latter becomes stronger. Only upon going further, from R = Ph to the bulkiest R = t-Bu, the R3Si-SiR3 bond begins to weaken. Our bonding analyses show how different behavior upon increasing the steric bulk of the substituents stems from the interplay of (Pauli) repulsive and (dispersion) attractive steric mechanisms. Extension of our analyses to other model systems shows that C-Si bonds display behavior that is in between that of C-C and Si-Si bonds. Further increasing the size of the group-14 atoms from C-C and Si-Si to Ge-Ge, Sn-Sn and Pb-Pb leads to a further decrease in the sensitivity of the bond strength with respect to the substituents' bulkiness. Our findings can be used as design principles for tuning A-A and A-A' bond strengths.
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- Daniela Rodrigues Silva
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, AIMMS, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1108 Amsterdam 1081 HZ The Netherlands https://www.theochem.nl
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, AIMMS, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1108 Amsterdam 1081 HZ The Netherlands https://www.theochem.nl
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, AIMMS, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1108 Amsterdam 1081 HZ The Netherlands https://www.theochem.nl
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, AIMMS, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1108 Amsterdam 1081 HZ The Netherlands https://www.theochem.nl
- Institute of Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Heyendaalseweg 135 Nijmegen 6525 AJ The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg Auckland Park Johannesburg 2006 South Africa
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Agback T, Lesovoy D, Han X, Lomzov A, Sun R, Sandalova T, Orekhov VY, Achour A, Agback P. Combined NMR and molecular dynamics conformational filter identifies unambiguously dynamic ensembles of Dengue protease NS2B/NS3pro. Commun Biol 2023; 6:1193. [PMID: 38001280 PMCID: PMC10673835 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05584-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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The dengue protease NS2B/NS3pro has been reported to adopt either an 'open' or a 'closed' conformation. We have developed a conformational filter that combines NMR with MD simulations to identify conformational ensembles that dominate in solution. Experimental values derived from relaxation parameters for the backbone and methyl side chains were compared with the corresponding back-calculated relaxation parameters of different conformational ensembles obtained from free MD simulations. Our results demonstrate a high prevalence for the 'closed' conformational ensemble while the 'open' conformation is absent, indicating that the latter conformation is most probably due to crystal contacts. Conversely, conformational ensembles in which the positioning of the co-factor NS2B results in a 'partially' open conformation, previously described in both MD simulations and X-ray studies, were identified by our conformational filter. Altogether, we believe that our approach allows for unambiguous identification of true conformational ensembles, an essential step for reliable drug discovery.
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- Tatiana Agback
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7015, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Structural Biology, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, 117997, Moscow, Russia
- Swedish NMR Centre, University of Gothenburg, Box 465, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Swedish NMR Centre, University of Gothenburg, Box 465, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Box 465, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7015, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Hasanayn F, Holland PL, Goldman AS, Miller AJM. Lewis Structures and the Bonding Classification of End-on Bridging Dinitrogen Transition Metal Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:4326-4342. [PMID: 36796367 PMCID: PMC9983020 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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The activation of dinitrogen by coordination to transition metal ions is a widely used and promising approach to the utilization of Earth's most abundant nitrogen source for chemical synthesis. End-on bridging N2 complexes (μ-η1:η1-N2) are key species in nitrogen fixation chemistry, but a lack of consensus on the seemingly simple task of assigning a Lewis structure for such complexes has prevented application of valence electron counting and other tools for understanding and predicting reactivity trends. The Lewis structures of bridging N2 complexes have traditionally been determined by comparing the experimentally observed NN distance to the bond lengths of free N2, diazene, and hydrazine. We introduce an alternative approach here and argue that the Lewis structure should be assigned based on the total π-bond order in the MNNM core (number of π-bonds), which derives from the character (bonding or antibonding) and occupancy of the delocalized π-symmetry molecular orbitals (π-MOs) in MNNM. To illustrate this approach, the complexes cis,cis-[(iPr4PONOP)MCl2]2(μ-N2) (M = W, Re, and Os) are examined in detail. Each complex is shown to have a different number of nitrogen-nitrogen and metal-nitrogen π-bonds, indicated as, respectively: W≡N-N≡W, Re═N═N═Re, and Os-N≡N-Os. It follows that each of these Lewis structures represents a distinct class of complexes (diazanyl, diazenyl, and dinitrogen, respectively), in which the μ-N2 ligand has a different electron donor number (total of 8e-, 6e-, or 4e-, respectively). We show how this classification can greatly aid in understanding and predicting the properties and reactivity patterns of μ-N2 complexes.
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- Faraj Hasanayn
- Department
of Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon,E-mail: (F.H.)
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- Department
of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers,
The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States,E-mail: (A.J.M.M.)
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Hargittai I. Tribute to pioneers: introduction to the contributions on bonding and structure. Struct Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-022-02054-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Blokker E, van Zeist W, Sun X, Poater J, van der Schuur JM, Hamlin TA, Bickelhaupt FM. Methyl Substitution Destabilizes Alkyl Radicals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202207477. [PMID: 35819818 PMCID: PMC9545886 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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We have quantum chemically investigated how methyl substituents affect the stability of alkyl radicals MemH3−mC⋅ and the corresponding MemH3−mC−X bonds (X = H, CH3, OH; m = 0 – 3) using density functional theory at M06‐2X/TZ2P. The state‐of‐the‐art in physical organic chemistry is that alkyl radicals are stabilized upon an increase in their degree of substitution from methyl<primary<secondary<tertiary, and that this is the underlying cause for the decrease in C−H bond strength along this series. Here, we provide evidence that falsifies this model and show that, on the contrary, the MemH3−mC⋅ radical is destabilized with increasing substitution. The reason that the corresponding C−H bond nevertheless becomes weaker is that substitution destabilizes the sterically more congested MemH3−mC−H molecule even more.
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- Eva Blokker
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica & IQTCUB Universitat de Barcelona Martí i Franquès 1–11 08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica & IQTCUB Universitat de Barcelona Martí i Franquès 1–11 08028 Barcelona Spain
- ICREA Pg. Lluís Companys 23 08010 Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Institute of Molecules and Materials Radboud University Heyendaalseweg 135 6525 AJ Nijmegen The Netherlands
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Hansen T, Sun X, Dalla Tiezza M, van Zeist W, van Stralen JNP, Geerke DP, Wolters LP, Poater J, Hamlin TA, Bickelhaupt FM. C-X Bond Activation by Palladium: Steric Shielding versus Steric Attraction. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201093. [PMID: 35420229 PMCID: PMC9401605 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The C-X bond activation (X = H, C) of a series of substituted C(n°)-H and C(n°)-C(m°) bonds with C(n°) and C(m°) = H3 C- (methyl, 0°), CH3 H2 C- (primary, 1°), (CH3 )2 HC- (secondary, 2°), (CH3 )3 C- (tertiary, 3°) by palladium were investigated using relativistic dispersion-corrected density functional theory at ZORA-BLYP-D3(BJ)/TZ2P. The effect of the stepwise introduction of substituents was pinpointed at the C-X bond on the bond activation process. The C(n°)-X bonds become substantially weaker going from C(0°)-X, to C(1°)-X, to C(2°)-X, to C(3°)-X because of the increasing steric repulsion between the C(n°)- and X-group. Interestingly, this often does not lead to a lower barrier for the C(n°)-X bond activation. The C-H activation barrier, for example, decreases from C(0°)-X, to C(1°)-X, to C(2°)-X and then increases again for the very crowded C(3°)-X bond. For the more congested C-C bond, in contrast, the activation barrier always increases as the degree of substitution is increased. Our activation strain and matching energy decomposition analyses reveal that these differences in C-H and C-C bond activation can be traced back to the opposing interplay between steric repulsion across the C-X bond versus that between the catalyst and substrate.
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- Thomas Hansen
- Department of Theoretical ChemistryAmsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS)Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdamThe Netherlands
- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden UniversityEinsteinweg 552333 CCLeidenThe Netherlands
- Departament de Química Inorgànicai i Orgànica & IQTCUBUniversitat de BarcelonaMartí i Franquès 1-1108028BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Theoretical ChemistryAmsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS)Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdamThe Netherlands
- Departament de Química Inorgànicai i Orgànica & IQTCUBUniversitat de BarcelonaMartí i Franquès 1-1108028BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Theoretical ChemistryAmsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS)Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical ChemistryAmsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS)Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical ChemistryAmsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS)Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical ChemistryAmsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS)Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical ChemistryAmsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS)Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Departament de Química Inorgànicai i Orgànica & IQTCUBUniversitat de BarcelonaMartí i Franquès 1-1108028BarcelonaSpain
- ICREAPasseig Lluís Companys 2308010BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Theoretical ChemistryAmsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS)Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical ChemistryAmsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS)Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdamThe Netherlands
- Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM)Radboud UniversityHeyendaalseweg 1356525 AJNijmegenThe Netherlands
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Vermeeren P, Hamlin TA, Bickelhaupt FM. How Ionization Catalyzes Diels–Alder Reactions. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201620. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Pascal Vermeeren
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1083 1081HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Institute for Molecules and Materials Radboud University Nijmegen Heyendaalseweg 135 6525AJ Nijmegen The Netherlands
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Blokker E, van Zeist WJ, Sun X, Poater J, van der Schuur JM, Hamlin TA, Bickelhaupt FM. Methyl Substitution Destabilizes Alkyl Radicals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202207477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Eva Blokker
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Department of Theoretical Chemistry NETHERLANDS
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- Universitat de Barcelona CRAI: Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica SPAIN
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- Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica SPAIN
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- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Department of Theoretical Chemistry NETHERLANDS
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- VU University Amsterdam Theoretical Chemistry De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam NETHERLANDS
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Moloto BP, Vermeeren P, Dalla Tiezza M, Esterhuysen C, Bickelhaupt FM, Hamlin TA. Palladium‐Catalyzed Activation of Carbon–Halogen Bonds: Electrostatics‐Controlled Reactivity. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling De Boelelaan 1083 1081 HV Amsterdam NETHERLANDS
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Bickelhaupt FM, Fonseca Guerra C, Mitoraj M, Sagan F, Michalak A, Pan S, Frenking G. Clarifying notes on the bonding analysis adopted by the energy decomposition analysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:15726-15735. [PMID: 35730200 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02153f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
We discuss the fundamental aspects of the EDA-NOCV method and address some critical comments that have been made recently. The EDA-NOCV method unlike most other methods focuses on the process of bond formation between the interacting species and not just only on the analysis of the finally formed bond. This is demonstrated using LiF as an example. There is a difference between the interactions between the initial species which form the bond and are also the final product of bond cleavage, and the interactions between the fragments in the eventually formed molecule. The flexibility of the method allows the choice of the interacting fragments which helps to identify the charge and electron configuration of the fragments which describe the bond. This is very helpful in cases where the bond may be described with several Lewis structures. We reject the idea that it would be a disadvantage to have "bond path functions" as the energy components in the EDA, which actually indicate the variability of the method. The bonding analysis in a different sequence of the bond formation gives important results for the various questions that can be asked. This is demonstrated by using CH2, CO2 and the formation of a guanine quartet as examples. The fact that a bond is always defined by the bound molecule, the fragments, and their states is universal and deeply physical, as we show here again for various examples. The results of the EDA-NOCV method are in full accordance with the physical mechanism of the chemical bond as revealed by Ruedenberg.
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- F Matthias Bickelhaupt
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS) and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, R. Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Cracow, Poland.
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, R. Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Cracow, Poland.
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, R. Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Cracow, Poland.
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany. .,Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany. .,Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.,Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 San Sebastian, Spain
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Moraru IT, Teleanu F, Silaghi-Dumitrescu L, Nemes G. Offsets between hyperconjugations, p→d donations and Pauli repulsions impact the bonding of E-O-E systems. Case study on elements of Group 14. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:13217-13228. [PMID: 35593709 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00869f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The nature of the E-O chemical bond (E = C, Si, Ge, Sn) is investigated in a wide range of model derivatives, such as oxonium cations, hydrogenated/methylated/fluorinated/chlorinated ethers and acyclic oligomers incorporating the E-O-E moiety. By means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and natural bond orbital (NBO) techniques, we propose a bonding mechanism that explains the structural contrast between the organic and the inorganic counterparts of all these derivatives: the interplay between stabilizing interactions like LP(O)→σ*(E-X) hyperconjugations and LP(O)→d(E) donations with LP(O)⋯σ(E-X) vicinal Pauli repulsions (X = H, C, O, F, Cl) dictates the equilibrium structures in terms of E-O-E angles and E-O bond lengths. In addition, the present work represents the first study of oxonium ions that describes the structural discrepancies among organic derivatives and their heavier analogues. Another novel outcome for ethers and oligomers is that the two non-equivalent lone pair electrons (LPs) at the oxygen atoms impact in different manners the geometries of such derivatives, i.e. the s/p LP is correlated with the bending behaviour of the E-O-E units, while the pure p LP mainly dictates the short E-O bond distances of inorganic derivatives. Lastly, we evaluate the impact of the number of electronegative substituents, e.g. F, Cl or OEH3 groups, on the bond patterns developed for hydrogenated or methylated ethers.
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- Ionut-Tudor Moraru
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Babeş-Bolyai University, 1 M. Kogalniceanu Street, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Babeş-Bolyai University, 1 M. Kogalniceanu Street, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Babeş-Bolyai University, 1 M. Kogalniceanu Street, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Babeş-Bolyai University, 1 M. Kogalniceanu Street, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Hansen T, Sun X, Dalla Tiezza M, van Zeist W, Poater J, Hamlin TA, Bickelhaupt FM. C(sp n )-X (n=1-3) Bond Activation by Palladium. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202103953. [PMID: 34958486 PMCID: PMC9306469 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
We have studied the palladium-mediated activation of C(spn )-X bonds (n = 1-3 and X = H, CH3 , Cl) in archetypal model substrates H3 C-CH2 -X, H2 C=CH-X and HC≡C-X by catalysts PdLn with Ln = no ligand, Cl- , and (PH3 )2 , using relativistic density functional theory at ZORA-BLYP/TZ2P. The oxidative addition barrier decreases along this series, even though the strength of the bonds increases going from C(sp3 )-X, to C(sp2 )-X, to C(sp)-X. Activation strain and matching energy decomposition analyses reveal that the decreased oxidative addition barrier going from sp3 , to sp2 , to sp, originates from a reduction in the destabilizing steric (Pauli) repulsion between catalyst and substrate. This is the direct consequence of the decreasing coordination number of the carbon atom in C(spn )-X, which goes from four, to three, to two along this series. The associated net stabilization of the catalyst-substrate interaction dominates the trend in strain energy which indeed becomes more destabilizing along this same series as the bond becomes stronger from C(sp3 )-X to C(sp)-X.
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- Thomas Hansen
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdam (TheNetherlands
- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica & IQTCUBUniversitat de Barcelona08028BarcelonaSpain
- Leiden Institute of ChemistryLeiden UniversityEinsteinweg 552333 CCLeiden (TheNetherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdam (TheNetherlands
- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica & IQTCUBUniversitat de Barcelona08028BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdam (TheNetherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdam (TheNetherlands
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica & IQTCUBUniversitat de Barcelona08028BarcelonaSpain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 2308010BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdam (TheNetherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM)Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDe Boelelaan 10831081 HVAmsterdam (TheNetherlands
- Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM)Radboud UniversityHeyendaalseweg 1356525 AJNijmegen (TheNetherlands
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Adhikari P, Jawad B, Rao P, Podgornik R, Ching WY. Delta Variant with P681R Critical Mutation Revealed by Ultra-Large Atomic-Scale Ab Initio Simulation: Implications for the Fundamentals of Biomolecular Interactions. Viruses 2022; 14:465. [PMID: 35336872 PMCID: PMC8955942 DOI: 10.3390/v14030465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is emerging as a globally dominant strain. Its rapid spread and high infection rate are attributed to a mutation in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 allowing for the virus to invade human cells much faster and with an increased efficiency. In particular, an especially dangerous mutation P681R close to the furin cleavage site has been identified as responsible for increasing the infection rate. Together with the earlier reported mutation D614G in the same domain, it offers an excellent instance to investigate the nature of mutations and how they affect the interatomic interactions in the spike protein. Here, using ultra large-scale ab initio computational modeling, we study the P681R and D614G mutations in the SD2-FP domain, including the effect of double mutation, and compare the results with the wild type. We have recently developed a method of calculating the amino-acid-amino-acid bond pairs (AABP) to quantitatively characterize the details of the interatomic interactions, enabling us to explain the nature of mutation at the atomic resolution. Our most significant finding is that the mutations reduce the AABP value, implying a reduced bonding cohesion between interacting residues and increasing the flexibility of these amino acids to cause the damage. The possibility of using this unique mutation quantifiers in a machine learning protocol could lead to the prediction of emerging mutations.
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- Puja Adhikari
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; (P.A.); (B.J.)
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; (P.A.); (B.J.)
- Department of Applied Sciences, University of Technology, Baghdad 10066, Iraq
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- Department of Health Management and Informatics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65212, USA;
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- School of Physical Sciences and Kavli Institute of Theoretical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100090, China
- Wenzhou Institute of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou 325000, China
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA; (P.A.); (B.J.)
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Sigmund LM, Maier R, Greb L. The inversion of tetrahedral p-block element compounds: general trends and the relation to the second-order Jahn-Teller effect. Chem Sci 2022; 13:510-521. [PMID: 35126983 PMCID: PMC8729809 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc05395g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The tetrahedron is the primary structural motif among the p-block elements and determines the architecture of our bio- and geosphere. However, a broad understanding of the configurational inversion of tetrahedral compounds is missing. Here, we report over 250 energies (DLPNO-CCSD(T)) for square planar inversion of third- and fourth-period element species of groups 13, 14, and 15. Surprisingly low inversion barriers are identified for compounds of industrial relevance (e.g., ≈100 kJ mol-1 for Al(OH)4 -). More fundamentally, the second-order Jahn-Teller theorem is disclosed as suitable to rationalize substituent and central element effects. Bond analysis tools give further insights into the preference of eight valence electron systems with four substituents to be tetrahedral. Hence, this study develops a model to understand, memorize, and predict the angular flexibility of tetrahedral species. Perceiving the tetrahedron not as forcingly rigid but as a dynamic structural entity might leverage new approaches and visions for adaptive matter.
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- Lukas M Sigmund
- Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270 69120 Heidelberg Germany
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- Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270 69120 Heidelberg Germany
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- Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270 69120 Heidelberg Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Inorganic Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin Fabeckstr. 34/36 14195 Berlin Germany
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Raubenheimer HG, Mapolie SF. Acid and base strength variations: rationalization for cyclic amine bases and acidic aqua cations. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:17864-17878. [PMID: 34792051 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02940a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This perspective highlights and evaluates recent key developments in the thermodynamic approach used to analyze trends in acid and base strength variation. According to this approach, acid and base strength ranking can be interpreted by using thermodynamic or thermochemical cycles. Each cycle generally consists of three independent but well-defined steps. The modus operandi described here entails the identification of the dominant step and the rationalization of its free energy/enthalpy/energy change along a selected series in terms of known structural chemical concepts. Developments in this approach are described by focusing on two related series of bases and two series of acids. In the case of the former the protonation of a series of N-heterocyclic amine bases together with their methyl-substituted analogs receives particular attention while in the case of acids, the acidic properties of aqua dications of elements in period 4 and group 2 are probed. It is illustrated how significant progress in computational chemistry and mass spectrometric techniques can be employed to compare 'inherent' basicity or acidity in the selected families of compounds by using simple gas-phase energy cycles. Unique, dual functions for both electronegativity (element and orbital) and charge density (for aqua cations) indicators are identified and used to evaluate these cycles. Solvent effects (in aqueous solution) are accommodated by including dehydration and hydration changes in appropriately-extended, three-step free energy cycles. It is further suggested that the dominant step in the extended thermodynamic cycle for monomeric aqua cations is the transfer of M(H2O)n2+ complex hydrates from the gas-phase to bulk water. Charge density of the aqua cations again features prominently in proposed rationalizations. Finally, this article also sheds light on salient relationships that exist between empirically and quantum-chemically estimated enthalpy and entropy changes for the aforementioned transfer process.
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- Helgard G Raubenheimer
- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, 7602, Matieland, South Africa.
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, 7602, Matieland, South Africa.
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Vermeeren P, van Zeist WJ, Hamlin TA, Fonseca Guerra C, Bickelhaupt FM. Not Carbon s-p Hybridization, but Coordination Number Determines C-H and C-C Bond Length. Chemistry 2021; 27:7074-7079. [PMID: 33513281 PMCID: PMC8248318 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A fundamental and ubiquitous phenomenon in chemistry is the contraction of both C−H and C−C bonds as the carbon atoms involved vary, in s–p hybridization, along sp3 to sp2 to sp. Our quantum chemical bonding analyses based on Kohn–Sham molecular orbital theory show that the generally accepted rationale behind this trend is incorrect. Inspection of the molecular orbitals and their corresponding orbital overlaps reveals that the above‐mentioned shortening in C−H and C−C bonds is not determined by an increasing amount of s‐character at the carbon atom in these bonds. Instead, we establish that this structural trend is caused by a diminishing steric (Pauli) repulsion between substituents around the pertinent carbon atom, as the coordination number decreases along sp3 to sp2 to sp.
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- Pascal Vermeeren
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of, Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Amsterdam Center for Multiscale, Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of, Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Amsterdam Center for Multiscale, Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of, Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Amsterdam Center for Multiscale, Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of, Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Amsterdam Center for Multiscale, Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of, Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Amsterdam Center for Multiscale, Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM), Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Gao H, Hu L, Hu Y, Lv X, Wu YB, Lu G. Origins of Lewis acid acceleration in nickel-catalysed C–H, C–C and C–O bond cleavage. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00660f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The effects of charge transfer, Pauli repulsion and electrostatics/polarization are identified as dominant factors for Lewis acid accelerations in Ni-catalyzed C–X (X = H, C and O) bond cleavages.
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- Han Gao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- Shandong University
- Jinan
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- Shandong University
- Jinan
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- Shandong University
- Jinan
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- Shandong University
- Jinan
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- Key Lab for Materials of Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province and
- Key Lab of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Molecular Science
- Shanxi University
- Taiyuan
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- Shandong University
- Jinan
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