On the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson Model for Catalytic Gold(I) Complexes
On the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson Model for Catalytic Gold(I) Complexes
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DOI:
10.1002/chem.201000608
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Tarantelli, Francesco
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作者:
Salvi, Nicola;Belpassi, Leonardo;Tarantelli, Francesco
We provide a rigorous model-free definition and a detailed theoretical analysis of the electron-charge displacements making up the donation and back-donation components of the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson model in some realistic catalytic intermediates of formula L-Au-I-S in which L is an N-heterocyclic carbene or Cl- and S is an eta(2)-coordinated Substrate containing a C-C multiple bond. We thus show, contrary to a widely held view, that the gold substrate bond is characterized by a large pi back-donation component that is comparable to, and often as large as, the sigma donation. The back-donation is found to be a highly tunable bond component and we analyze its relationship with the nature of the auxiliary ligand L and with structural (interdependent) factors such as metal substrate bond lengths and carbon pyramidalization.